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May 20, 2013

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3:52 AM | Blood magic: old blood ages the young
“Our ancient countess was refused her desires will To bathe in pure fresh blood She’d peasant virgins killed Elizabeth, in the chasm where was my soul Forever young, Elizabeth Bathorii in the castle of your death You’re still alive, Elizabeth”                                                                         -“Elizabeth”, Ghost  As folklore has it, Elizabeth Bathorii, Countess of Hungary, often […]

Villeda SA, Luo J, Mosher KI, Zou B, Britschgi M, Bieri G, Stan TM, Fainberg N, Ding Z, Eggel A & Lucin KM (2011). The ageing systemic milieu negatively regulates neurogenesis and cognitive function., Nature, 477 (7362) 90-4. PMID:

Loffredo FS, Steinhauser ML, Jay SM, Gannon J, Pancoast JR, Yalamanchi P, Sinha M, Dall'osso C, Khong D, Shadrach JL & Miller CM (2013). Growth Differentiation Factor 11 Is a Circulating Factor that Reverses Age-Related Cardiac Hypertrophy., Cell, 153 (4) 828-39. PMID:

Zhang G, Li J, Purkayastha S, Tang Y, Zhang H, Yin Y, Li B, Liu G & Cai D (2013). Hypothalamic programming of systemic ageing involving IKK-β, NF-κB and GnRH., Nature, 497 (7448) 211-6. PMID:

Neurorexia
Medicine | Neuroscience
Citation

May 16, 2013

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8:08 PM | A newly discovered means for controlling viral infection
The first moment a virus infects a cell it has to deal with multiple cellular defenses. From surviving highly acidic conditions in endosomes  to evading the host enzymes that can digest its very genetic code, an invading virus must navigate … Continue reading →
Microbe Matters
Microbiology | Public Health
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6:30 PM | ASCO 2013 Highlights PD-1 and PD-L1 immunotherapy
One of the hot topics at this year’s annual ASCO meeting is clearly going to be PD-1 and PD-L1 immunotherapies,…
Pharma Strategy Blog
Cell Biology | Medicine

May 15, 2013

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9:52 PM | H1N1 In Elephant Seals: First Instance In Any Marine Mammal
A year after the 2009 human H1N1 pandemic began, researchers detected the H1N1 virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast. It is the first report of that flu strain in any marine mammal.H1N1 originated in pigs. It emerged in humans in 2009, spreading worldwide as a pandemic. The World Health Organization now considers the H1N1 strain from 2009 to be under control, taking on the behavior of a seasonal virus. read more
Science 2.0
Science Communication | Neuroscience
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6:25 PM | Wrap-Up of Cell Symposium on Microbiome and Host Health
For a parasitologist with a major interest in novel technology like me the Cell Symposium on Microbiome and Host Health (#CMHH) was a challenging, yet stimulating tour de force in bacteriology and immunology, and I realise that gut fungi and protists still fly below the radar of intestinal microbiome research. The announced line-up of speakers was impressive, and although we missed e.g. Drs Peter Turnbaugh and Fergus Shanahan, we were still spoiled with brilliant talks. Most of the […]

Koren O, Knights D, Gonzalez A, Waldron L, Segata N, Knight R, Huttenhower C & Ley RE (2013). A guide to enterotypes across the human body: meta-analysis of microbial community structures in human microbiome datasets., PLoS computational biology, 9 (1) PMID:

Andersen LO, Vedel Nielsen H & Stensvold CR (2013). Waiting for the human intestinal Eukaryotome., The ISME journal, PMID:

Ivanov II & Honda K (2012). Intestinal commensal microbes as immune modulators., Cell host & microbe, 12 (4) 496-508. PMID:

Brown J, de Vos WM, Distefano PS, Doré J, Huttenhower C, Knight R, Lawley TD, Raes J & Turnbaugh P (2013). Translating the human microbiome., Nature biotechnology, 31 (4) 304-8. PMID:

Blaser M, Bork P, Fraser C, Knight R & Wang J (2013). The microbiome explored: recent insights and future challenges., Nature reviews. Microbiology, 11 (3) 213-7. PMID:

Blastocystis Parasite Blog
Biology | Microbiology
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1:33 PM | Video Tip of the Week: Influenza Research Database (IRD)
It may not be traditionally what you think of as flu season, but lately there’s been a great deal of talk about some viruses that are concerning public health officials and infectious disease specialists. You might have heard of the H7N9 situation in China, and the NCoV virus in France that made headlines. But researchers [...]

Squires, R., Noronha, J., Hunt, V., García-Sastre, A., Macken, C., Baumgarth, N., Suarez, D., Pickett, B., Zhang, Y., Larsen, C. & Ramsey, A. (2012). Influenza Research Database: an integrated bioinformatics resource for influenza research and surveillance, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 6 (6) 404-416. DOI:

Pickett, B., Sadat, E., Zhang, Y., Noronha, J., Squires, R., Hunt, V., Liu, M., Kumar, S., Zaremba, S., Gu, Z. & Zhou, L. (2011). ViPR: an open bioinformatics database and analysis resource for virology research, Nucleic Acids Research, 40 (D1) DOI:

OpenHelix Blog
Biology | Biotechnology
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8:29 AM | A systematic review in non-clinical research: a case of pathogen metabolites
Posted by Kasra Doctors and scientists in the field of clinical research are well acquainted to systematic reviews and their importance in clinical research. The important difference between a normal review and a systematic review is that in the latter the authors make sure (or at least try very hard) to include and cover all the […]

Bos, L., Sterk, P. & Schultz, M. (2013). Volatile Metabolites of Pathogens: A Systematic Review, PLoS Pathogens, 9 (5) DOI:

The Parasite Diary
Biology | Microbiology
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May 13, 2013

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1:12 AM | B Cell Activation (The Basics)
B cells, along with T cells, are lymphocytes that bear antigen receptors that have been randomized for their binding specificity during development (see my earlier post). On the B Cell, the antigen receptor is aptly named: B Cell Receptor, or more commonly, BCR. Like the T cell Receptor (TCR) on T Cells, the BCR is […]
DownHouseSoftware
Science Communication | Biology

May 12, 2013

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3:26 PM | Are natural killer cells helpers or killers in pregnancy?
Natural Killer (NK) cells are often judged to be the bad guy and with a name like that it is understandable! But in the case of mammalian pregnancy their assassin-like nature is somewhat forgotten, instead NK cells play the good guy. If they are indeed helpers rather than killers in this situation, what role do [...]The post Are natural killer cells helpers or killers in pregnancy? appeared first on Oxbridge Biotech.
Roundtable Review
Biotechnology | Career

May 08, 2013

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9:28 PM | The Big Picture for the Microbiome
UChicago physicians and scientists gathered recently for a seminar on how the microbiome affects our health.
ScienceLife
Biology | Medicine
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8:47 PM | It’s that time again: Jeopardy and Cookies
Tomorrow (Thursday) is review day for the final exams in both my General Biology and Microbiology classes. Maybe later I’ll post a few hints to help your team win. Maybe.
DownHouseSoftware
Science Communication | Biology
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12:00 PM | It’s An Airtight Case
Biology concepts – respiration, aerobe, anaerobe, CAM plants, plastron respiration, cutaneous respiration Question of the Day – what living thing can hold its breath the longest?It may seem like an exaggeration, but people whose tissues are low on oxygen (hypoxic) can have a bluish hue (cyanosis). Blood that is oxygenated is redder than blood that is deoxygenated. In animals with more hemoglobin than humans, like whales, the blood can actually turn almost purple. Blue Man Group will turn […]

Gengenbacher, M. & Kaufmann, S. (2012). Mycobacterium tuberculosis: success through dormancy, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 36 (3) 514-532. DOI:

Fielden, L., Knolhoff, L., Villarreal, S. & Ryan, P. (2011). Underwater survival in the dog tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari:Ixodidae), Journal of Insect Physiology, 57 (1) 21-26. DOI:

Williams, T., Zavanelli, M., Miller, M., Goldbeck, R., Morledge, M., Casper, D., Pabst, D., McLellan, W., Cantin, L. & Kliger, D. & (2008). Running, swimming and diving modifies neuroprotecting globins in the mammalian brain, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275 (1636) 751-758. DOI:

As Many Exceptions As Rules
Biology | Evolution
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12:00 PM | It’s An Airtight Case
Biology concepts – respiration, aerobe, anaerobe, CAM plants, plastron respiration, cutaneous respiration Question of the Day – what living thing can hold its breath the longest?It may seem like an exaggeration, but people whose tissues are low on oxygen (hypoxic) can have a bluish hue (cyanosis). Blood that is oxygenated is redder than blood that is deoxygenated. In animals with more hemoglobin than humans, like whales, the blood can actually turn almost purple. Blue Man Group will turn […]

Gengenbacher, M. & Kaufmann, S. (2012). Mycobacterium tuberculosis: success through dormancy, FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 36 (3) 514-532. DOI:

Fielden, L., Knolhoff, L., Villarreal, S. & Ryan, P. (2011). Underwater survival in the dog tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari:Ixodidae), Journal of Insect Physiology, 57 (1) 21-26. DOI:

Williams, T., Zavanelli, M., Miller, M., Goldbeck, R., Morledge, M., Casper, D., Pabst, D., McLellan, W., Cantin, L. & Kliger, D. & (2008). Running, swimming and diving modifies neuroprotecting globins in the mammalian brain, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275 (1636) 751-758. DOI:

As Many Exceptions As Rules
Biology | Evolution
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May 07, 2013

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10:16 PM | Shot for shot: a vaccine against heroin relapse?
A particularly sinister aspect of drug addiction is relapse. To the ex-addict, environmental cues, life stressors and even the drug itself serve as the sirens’ call, beckoning them back into the deadly realm of abuse. Currently, doctors battle heroin temptations with psychotherapy and replacement opioid drugs, such as methadone. While effective, these treatments rely heavily [...]

Schlosburg, J., Vendruscolo, L., Bremer, P., Lockner, J., Wade, C., Nunes, A., Stowe, G., Edwards, S., Janda, K. & Koob, G. & (2013). Dynamic vaccine blocks relapse to compulsive intake of heroin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, DOI:

Neurorexia
Medicine | Neuroscience
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2:41 PM | Detecting picograms of protein in the secretome
Posted by Kasra When designing experiments in the lab, we usually say we cannot check for everything. Well, what if we could?! Meissner et al. used only 150,000 macrophages per sample to analyze their secretome. They have been able to detect and quantify protein abundances at the picogram level in a label-free system. Picogram detection [...]

Meissner F, Scheltema RA, Mollenkopf HJ & Mann M (2013). Direct proteomic quantification of the secretome of activated immune cells., Science (New York, N.Y.), 340 (6131) 475-8. PMID:

The Parasite Diary
Biology | Microbiology
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2:41 PM | Detecting picograms of protein in the secretome
Posted by Kasra When designing experiments in the lab, we usually say we cannot check for everything. Well, what if we could?! Meissner et al. used only 150,000 macrophages per sample to analyze their secretome. They have been able to detect and quantify protein abundances at the picogram level in a label-free system. Picogram detection [...]

Meissner F, Scheltema RA, Mollenkopf HJ & Mann M (2013). Direct proteomic quantification of the secretome of activated immune cells., Science (New York, N.Y.), 340 (6131) 475-8. PMID:

The Parasite Diary
Biology | Microbiology
Citation

May 03, 2013

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3:13 PM | Bird Flu: H7N9 Infection Risk Mapped
A map of avian influenza (H7N9) risk is now available. The map is comprised of bird migration patterns, and adding in estimations of poultry production and consumption, which are used to infer future risk and to advise on ways to prevent infection. As of today, there have been 127 confirmed cases of H7N9 in mainland China with 27 deaths. A lack of information about the virus and its mode of transmission has led to public concerns that H7N9 could be a pandemic waiting to happen. read more
Science 2.0
Science Communication | Neuroscience

May 02, 2013

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2:59 PM | An intracellular receptor for antibodies
Posted by: Kasra We usually consider exiting the phagolysosome and entering the cell cytoplasm to be a immune evasion mechanism for pathogens. The pathogens inside the phagolysosome can be processed and presented via MHCII to the adaptive immune system, but once free of that compartment, the pathogen could potentially ‘hide’ from the immune system, well [...]

McEwan WA, Tam JC, Watkinson RE, Bidgood SR, Mallery DL & James LC (2013). Intracellular antibody-bound pathogens stimulate immune signaling via the Fc receptor TRIM21., Nature immunology, 14 (4) 327-36. PMID:

Geijtenbeek TB & Gringhuis SI (2013). An inside job for antibodies: tagging pathogens for intracellular sensing., Nature immunology, 14 (4) 309-11. PMID:

The Parasite Diary
Biology | Microbiology
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2:59 PM | An intracellular receptor for antibodies
Posted by: Kasra We usually consider exiting the phagolysosome and entering the cell cytoplasm to be a immune evasion mechanism for pathogens. The pathogens inside the phagolysosome can be processed and presented via MHCII to the adaptive immune system, but once free of that compartment, the pathogen could potentially ‘hide’ from the immune system, well [...]

McEwan WA, Tam JC, Watkinson RE, Bidgood SR, Mallery DL & James LC (2013). Intracellular antibody-bound pathogens stimulate immune signaling via the Fc receptor TRIM21., Nature immunology, 14 (4) 327-36. PMID:

Geijtenbeek TB & Gringhuis SI (2013). An inside job for antibodies: tagging pathogens for intracellular sensing., Nature immunology, 14 (4) 309-11. PMID:

The Parasite Diary
Biology | Microbiology
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2:59 PM | An intracellular receptor for antibodies
Posted by: Kasra We usually consider exiting the phagolysosome and entering the cell cytoplasm to be a immune evasion mechanism for pathogens. The pathogens inside the phagolysosome can be processed and presented via MHCII to the adaptive immune system, but once free of that compartment, the pathogen could potentially ‘hide’ from the immune system, well [...]

McEwan WA, Tam JC, Watkinson RE, Bidgood SR, Mallery DL & James LC (2013). Intracellular antibody-bound pathogens stimulate immune signaling via the Fc receptor TRIM21., Nature immunology, 14 (4) 327-36. PMID:

Geijtenbeek TB & Gringhuis SI (2013). An inside job for antibodies: tagging pathogens for intracellular sensing., Nature immunology, 14 (4) 309-11. PMID:

The Parasite Diary
Biology | Microbiology
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May 01, 2013

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8:56 AM | MMR: Measles is dangerous, and single jabs aren't good enough | Martin Robbins
As events in Swansea continue to unfold, people need to remember two things - measles is dangerous, and MMR is a far safer and better option for the nation's children than single jabsOne of the problems of false balance in reporting is that it skews people's perception of where the sensible position lies. When you present two opposite viewpoints as if they're equal, people will tend to be lured to the middle ground, assuming the truth lies in some compromise between the two. In the case of the […]
Science: The Lay Scientist | guardian.co.uk
General Science

April 30, 2013

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6:31 PM | Celebrating the Work of Medical Laboratory Professionals
To show its gratitude to all laboratory professionals, the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine celebrated Medical Laboratory Professionals Week April 22-26, with a host of activities, such as Phillies Night, in appreciation of all the hard work and dedication of the hundreds of staff and faculty members working in more than 30 different laboratories across the Penn campus.
Penn Medicine News Blog
Health | Medicine

April 29, 2013

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3:18 AM | Effective skin protection in freshwater turtles
An Italian research team found that peptides As-BD-1 to 4, BD standing for beta-defensin, which are present in the epidermis, may be the cause of the resistance to bacterial penetration in Apalone spinifera turtles. Apalone spinifera (or Trionyx spiniferus) is the spiny soft-shell freshwater turtle, named for its short spiny projections on the anterior carapace edge. From a general point of view, turtles are characterized by their shell, which is corneous and supported in the dermis by dermal […]
Life off the edge
Microbiology | Biology

April 28, 2013

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8:22 AM | Devil Dispatch: MHC the Key to Contagious Cancer Vaccine?
The contagious cancer currently ripping through Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) populations has captivated public attention and imagination. The reasons for this are understandable. First, in a world where cancer kills 7.6 million people every year, just the idea of tumor cells that can be passed along between individuals like a cold or flu is a horrific notion to contemplate—a concept straight out of a cheap thriller novel. Also, the irascible Tasmanian devil has a sort of […]

Siddle HV, Kreiss A, Tovar C, Yuen CK, Cheng Y, Belov K, Swift K, Pearse AM, Hamede R, Jones ME & Skjødt K (2013). Reversible epigenetic down-regulation of MHC molecules by devil facial tumour disease illustrates immune escape by a contagious cancer., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110 (13) 5103-8. PMID:

Endless Forms
Ecology
Citation

April 26, 2013

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7:46 PM | North Korea and the USA can indeed unite: in the battle against TB.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium. It spreads through cough or sneeze from subjects with an active infection. While in most cases the disease is asymptomatic, a minority of latent infections does become active (i.e. the subject develops symptoms), and when it does, if left untreated, the disease can be deadly. According to the CDC one third of the world's population are infected with TB, and while in the US the incidence of the disease has been declining over […]

Stone, R. (2013). Public Enemy Number One, Science, 340 (6131) 422-425. DOI:

CHIMERAS
Biology
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4:43 PM | This Month in Blastocystis Research (APR 2013)
I have been extremely bored all day writing up my evaluation of a (not so interesting) PhD thesis, and I thought I'd spice up my day by introducing a new series of posts on this blog inspired by so many other blogs, namely: This Month in Blastocystis Research! A place for me to go through some of the most recent papers on Blastocystis. There is paper out by Gould and Boorom who look at the stability of Blastocystis surface antigen over time. They show that detection of Blastocystis […]

Gould R & Boorom K (2013). Blastocystis surface antigen is stable in chemically preserved stool samples for at least 1 year., Parasitology research, PMID:

Dogruman-Al F, Simsek Z, Boorom K, Ekici E, Sahin M, Tuncer C, Kustimur S & Altinbas A (2010). Comparison of methods for detection of Blastocystis infection in routinely submitted stool samples, and also in IBS/IBD Patients in Ankara, Turkey., PloS one, 5 (11) PMID:

Alfellani MA, Stensvold CR, Vidal-Lapiedra A, Onuoha ES, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF & Clark CG (2013). Variable geographic distribution of Blastocystis subtypes and its potential implications., Acta tropica, 126 (1) 11-8. PMID:

Alfellani MA, Jacob AS, Perea NO, Krecek RC, Taner-Mulla D, Verweij JJ, Levecke B, Tannich E, Clark CG & Stensvold CR & (2013). Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates., Parasitology, 1-6. PMID:

Abdulsalam AM, Ithoi I, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Khan AH, Ahmed A, Surin J & Mak JW (2013). Prevalence, predictors and clinical significance of Blastocystis sp. in Sebha, Libya., Parasites & vectors, 6 86. PMID:

Clark CG, van der Giezen M, Alfellani MA & Stensvold CR (2013). Recent developments in blastocystis research., Advances in parasitology, 82 1-32. PMID:

Malheiros AF, Stensvold CR, Clark CG, Braga GB & Shaw JJ (2011). Short report: Molecular characterization of Blastocystis obtained from members of the indigenous Tapirapé ethnic group from the Brazilian Amazon region, Brazil., The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 85 (6) 1050-3. PMID:

Blastocystis Parasite Blog
Biology | Microbiology
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4:43 PM | This Month in Blastocystis Research (APR 2013)
I have been extremely bored all day writing up my evaluation of a (not so interesting) PhD thesis, and I thought I'd spice up my day by introducing a new series of posts on this blog inspired by so many other blogs, namely: This Month in Blastocystis Research! A place for me to go through some of the most recent papers on Blastocystis. There is paper out by Gould and Boorom who look at the stability of Blastocystis surface antigen over time. They show that detection of Blastocystis […]

Gould R & Boorom K (2013). Blastocystis surface antigen is stable in chemically preserved stool samples for at least 1 year., Parasitology research, PMID:

Dogruman-Al F, Simsek Z, Boorom K, Ekici E, Sahin M, Tuncer C, Kustimur S & Altinbas A (2010). Comparison of methods for detection of Blastocystis infection in routinely submitted stool samples, and also in IBS/IBD Patients in Ankara, Turkey., PloS one, 5 (11) PMID:

Alfellani MA, Stensvold CR, Vidal-Lapiedra A, Onuoha ES, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF & Clark CG (2013). Variable geographic distribution of Blastocystis subtypes and its potential implications., Acta tropica, 126 (1) 11-8. PMID:

Alfellani MA, Jacob AS, Perea NO, Krecek RC, Taner-Mulla D, Verweij JJ, Levecke B, Tannich E, Clark CG & Stensvold CR & (2013). Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates., Parasitology, 1-6. PMID:

Abdulsalam AM, Ithoi I, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Khan AH, Ahmed A, Surin J & Mak JW (2013). Prevalence, predictors and clinical significance of Blastocystis sp. in Sebha, Libya., Parasites & vectors, 6 86. PMID:

Clark CG, van der Giezen M, Alfellani MA & Stensvold CR (2013). Recent developments in blastocystis research., Advances in parasitology, 82 1-32. PMID:

Malheiros AF, Stensvold CR, Clark CG, Braga GB & Shaw JJ (2011). Short report: Molecular characterization of Blastocystis obtained from members of the indigenous Tapirapé ethnic group from the Brazilian Amazon region, Brazil., The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 85 (6) 1050-3. PMID:

Blastocystis Parasite Blog
Biology | Microbiology
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4:43 PM | This Month in Blastocystis Research (APR 2013)
I have been extremely bored all day writing up my evaluation of a (not so interesting) PhD thesis, and I thought I'd spice up my day by introducing a new series of posts on this blog inspired by so many other blogs, namely: This Month in Blastocystis Research! A place for me to go through some of the most recent papers on Blastocystis. There is paper out by Gould and Boorom who look at the stability of Blastocystis surface antigen over time. They show that detection of Blastocystis […]

Gould R & Boorom K (2013). Blastocystis surface antigen is stable in chemically preserved stool samples for at least 1 year., Parasitology research, PMID:

Dogruman-Al F, Simsek Z, Boorom K, Ekici E, Sahin M, Tuncer C, Kustimur S & Altinbas A (2010). Comparison of methods for detection of Blastocystis infection in routinely submitted stool samples, and also in IBS/IBD Patients in Ankara, Turkey., PloS one, 5 (11) PMID:

Alfellani MA, Stensvold CR, Vidal-Lapiedra A, Onuoha ES, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF & Clark CG (2013). Variable geographic distribution of Blastocystis subtypes and its potential implications., Acta tropica, 126 (1) 11-8. PMID:

Alfellani MA, Jacob AS, Perea NO, Krecek RC, Taner-Mulla D, Verweij JJ, Levecke B, Tannich E, Clark CG & Stensvold CR & (2013). Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates., Parasitology, 1-6. PMID:

Abdulsalam AM, Ithoi I, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Khan AH, Ahmed A, Surin J & Mak JW (2013). Prevalence, predictors and clinical significance of Blastocystis sp. in Sebha, Libya., Parasites & vectors, 6 86. PMID:

Clark CG, van der Giezen M, Alfellani MA & Stensvold CR (2013). Recent developments in blastocystis research., Advances in parasitology, 82 1-32. PMID:

Malheiros AF, Stensvold CR, Clark CG, Braga GB & Shaw JJ (2011). Short report: Molecular characterization of Blastocystis obtained from members of the indigenous Tapirapé ethnic group from the Brazilian Amazon region, Brazil., The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 85 (6) 1050-3. PMID:

Blastocystis Parasite Blog
Biology | Microbiology
Citation
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4:43 PM | This Month in Blastocystis Research (APR 2013)
I have been extremely bored all day writing up my evaluation of a (not so interesting) PhD thesis, and I thought I'd spice up my day by introducing a new series of posts on this blog inspired by so many other blogs, namely: This Month in Blastocystis Research! A place for me to go through some of the most recent papers on Blastocystis. There is paper out by Gould and Boorom who look at the stability of Blastocystis surface antigen over time. They show that detection of Blastocystis […]

Gould R & Boorom K (2013). Blastocystis surface antigen is stable in chemically preserved stool samples for at least 1 year., Parasitology research, PMID:

Dogruman-Al F, Simsek Z, Boorom K, Ekici E, Sahin M, Tuncer C, Kustimur S & Altinbas A (2010). Comparison of methods for detection of Blastocystis infection in routinely submitted stool samples, and also in IBS/IBD Patients in Ankara, Turkey., PloS one, 5 (11) PMID:

Alfellani MA, Stensvold CR, Vidal-Lapiedra A, Onuoha ES, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF & Clark CG (2013). Variable geographic distribution of Blastocystis subtypes and its potential implications., Acta tropica, 126 (1) 11-8. PMID:

Alfellani MA, Jacob AS, Perea NO, Krecek RC, Taner-Mulla D, Verweij JJ, Levecke B, Tannich E, Clark CG & Stensvold CR & (2013). Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates., Parasitology, 1-6. PMID:

Abdulsalam AM, Ithoi I, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Khan AH, Ahmed A, Surin J & Mak JW (2013). Prevalence, predictors and clinical significance of Blastocystis sp. in Sebha, Libya., Parasites & vectors, 6 86. PMID:

Clark CG, van der Giezen M, Alfellani MA & Stensvold CR (2013). Recent developments in blastocystis research., Advances in parasitology, 82 1-32. PMID:

Malheiros AF, Stensvold CR, Clark CG, Braga GB & Shaw JJ (2011). Short report: Molecular characterization of Blastocystis obtained from members of the indigenous Tapirapé ethnic group from the Brazilian Amazon region, Brazil., The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 85 (6) 1050-3. PMID:

Blastocystis Parasite Blog
Biology | Microbiology
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4:43 PM | This Month in Blastocystis Research (APR 2013)
I have been extremely bored all day writing up my evaluation of a (not so interesting) PhD thesis, and I thought I'd spice up my day by introducing a new series of posts on this blog inspired by so many other blogs, namely: This Month in Blastocystis Research! A place for me to go through some of the most recent papers on Blastocystis. There is paper out by Gould and Boorom who look at the stability of Blastocystis surface antigen over time. They show that detection of Blastocystis […]

Gould R & Boorom K (2013). Blastocystis surface antigen is stable in chemically preserved stool samples for at least 1 year., Parasitology research, PMID:

Dogruman-Al F, Simsek Z, Boorom K, Ekici E, Sahin M, Tuncer C, Kustimur S & Altinbas A (2010). Comparison of methods for detection of Blastocystis infection in routinely submitted stool samples, and also in IBS/IBD Patients in Ankara, Turkey., PloS one, 5 (11) PMID:

Alfellani MA, Stensvold CR, Vidal-Lapiedra A, Onuoha ES, Fagbenro-Beyioku AF & Clark CG (2013). Variable geographic distribution of Blastocystis subtypes and its potential implications., Acta tropica, 126 (1) 11-8. PMID:

Alfellani MA, Jacob AS, Perea NO, Krecek RC, Taner-Mulla D, Verweij JJ, Levecke B, Tannich E, Clark CG & Stensvold CR & (2013). Diversity and distribution of Blastocystis sp. subtypes in non-human primates., Parasitology, 1-6. PMID:

Abdulsalam AM, Ithoi I, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Khan AH, Ahmed A, Surin J & Mak JW (2013). Prevalence, predictors and clinical significance of Blastocystis sp. in Sebha, Libya., Parasites & vectors, 6 86. PMID:

Clark CG, van der Giezen M, Alfellani MA & Stensvold CR (2013). Recent developments in blastocystis research., Advances in parasitology, 82 1-32. PMID:

Malheiros AF, Stensvold CR, Clark CG, Braga GB & Shaw JJ (2011). Short report: Molecular characterization of Blastocystis obtained from members of the indigenous Tapirapé ethnic group from the Brazilian Amazon region, Brazil., The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 85 (6) 1050-3. PMID:

Blastocystis Parasite Blog
Biology | Microbiology
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