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Lower prevalence of Blastocystis sp. infections in HIV positive compared to HIV negative adults in Ghana

BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa is endemic for intestinal parasites and distinguished for the largest burden of HIV cases. Blastocystis sp. is one of the most common protists infecting humans but its role in human disease is still controversial. Aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of...

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Autores principales:	Di Cristanziano, Veronica, D´Alfonso, Rossella, Berrilli, Federica, Sarfo, Fred Stephen, Santoro, Maristella, Fabeni, Lavinia, Knops, Elena, Heger, Eva, Kaiser, Rolf, Dompreh, Albert, Phillips, Richard Odame, Norman, Betty, Feldt, Torsten, Eberhardt, Kirsten Alexandra
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719849/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31479472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221968

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