Genetic variability of Blastocystis sp isolates obtained from cancer and HIV/AIDS patients

• Main Authors: Tan, T.C., Ong, S.C., Suresh, K.G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/4027/1/Tan-2009-Genetic_variability.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/4027/; http://www.springerlink.com/content/g267t01w5r26t460/fulltext.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This represents the first study to determine the genetic diversity of Blastocystis sp. among cancer and HIV/AIDS patients. Forty Blastocystis sp. isolates obtained from 20 cancer and 20 HIV/AIDS patients were genotyped by PCR using seven pairs of known sequenced-tagged site primers. Out of the 40 is...