Blastocystis in Swiss pigs

Sydler, Titus; Grimm, Felix; Rosato, Giuliana; Polster, S.; Hilbe, Monika; Klausmann, Stefanie; Hadorn, D.; Basso, Walter

doi:10.1016/j.jcpa.2018.10.050

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“…Blastocystis sp. prevalence rates are found to be elevated in non-primate animals of certain locales, such as in dairy cattle (54.1%) in Japan (Masuda, Sumiyoshi, Ohtaki, & Matsumoto, 2018), dogs (21.2%) in Italy (Gazzonis et al, 2019) and pigs (35%) in Switzerland (Sydler et al, 2019 Despite recent improvements in health services, an increase in cases of Blastocystis sp. infection in humans has been reported in many countries, particularly in developing countries.…”

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“…Blastocystis sp. prevalence rates are found to be elevated in non‐primate animals of certain locales, such as in dairy cattle (54.1%) in Japan (Masuda, Sumiyoshi, Ohtaki, & Matsumoto, 2018), dogs (21.2%) in Italy (Gazzonis et al., 2019) and pigs (35%) in Switzerland (Sydler et al., 2019). Although many animals typically have relatively low Blastocystis sp.…”

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Blastocystis sp. is the most common gastrointestinal eukaryotic parasite in humans; it is also common in many animals worldwide (Alfellani et al., 2013; Hazhir, Shahram, Shahrzad, Mehdi, & Elham, 2014). As a pathogen of zoonosis, Blastocystis sp. has been found in Primates, Rodentia, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Aves. However, there is a dispute regarding the pathogenicity of Blastocystis sp., since the

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