"Blastocystis hominis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of parasitic protozoa found in the intestines of humans and other primates. It was classified as a yeast in 1912. Over the years, questions arose about this designation. In 1967, many physiological and morphological B. hominis characteristics were reported that fit a protozoan classification. Since that time, other papers have corroborated this work and the organism is now recognized as a protozoan parasite of humans causing intestinal disease with potentially disabling symptoms.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.046.500.100.200.200.375
Concept/Terms
Blastocystis hominis- Blastocystis hominis
- Blastocystis homini
- homini, Blastocystis
- hominis, Blastocystis
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Blastocystis hominis" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Blastocystis hominis" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Blastocystis hominis" by people in Profiles.
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A Cross-Sectional Study on Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Children in Suburban Public Primary Schools, Saraburi, the Central Region of Thailand. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2018 03; 98(3):763-767.
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PCR-based molecular characterization of Blastocystis hominis subtypes in southwest of Iran. J Infect Public Health. 2018 Jan - Feb; 11(1):43-47.
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Parasite infection and tuberculosis disease among children: a case-control study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2014 Feb; 90(2):279-82.
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Intestinal protozoan infections in relation to nutritional status and gastrointestinal morbidity in Colombian school children. J Trop Pediatr. 2010 Oct; 56(5):299-306.
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Blastocystis hominis infection in patient with regular dialysis. J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jun; 41(6):605-6.
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Protease activity of Blastocystis hominis. Parasitol Res. 2006 Jul; 99(2):126-30.
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Hemorrhagic proctosigmoiditis and Blastocystis hominis. Ann Intern Med. 1996 Nov 15; 125(10):860-1.