A couple of years ago, I contributed to writing up a Case Report on what appeared to be Blastocystis -associated urticaria (hives). Receiv...

I've tried to summarise a few facts here: Blastocystis is a single-celled, microbial parasitic protist colonising mainly the large...

There has been some confusion about Blastocystis " subtypes" and "genotypes".  Often, these two terms have been us...

All 9 subtypes (species) of Blastocystis found in humans so far have been found in other animals, and Blastocystis is proabably at least as...

Blastocystis is a micro-eukaryote , a so-called protist, parasitising the intestine of humans and a variety of animals. We estimate tha...