IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, cilt.9, sa.4, ss.519-529, 2014 (SCI-Expanded)
Background: The aims of this study were to identify Blastocystis subtypes (STs) in a cohort of Turkish patients with various gastrointestinal symptoms using a novel Real Time PCR method developed recently for Blastocystis detection and assess the relationship between Blastocystis STs and patient symptoms.