Carriage of Blastocystis spp. in travellers - A prospective longitudinal study

A lack of prospective and longitudinal data on pre- and post-travel carriage of Blastocystis spp. complicates interpretation of a positive test post-travel. Therefore we studied dynamics of Blastocystis carriage in a cohort of Dutch travellers.

Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - June 18, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jarne M. van Hattem, Maris S. Arcilla, Constance Schultsz, Martin C. Bootsma, Nienke Verhaar, Sjoerd P. Rebers, Abraham Goorhuis, Martin P. Grobusch, John Penders, Menno D. de Jong, Tom van Gool, Aldert Bart, COMBAT consortium Source Type: research