[Blastocystosis: a high prevalence of cases found in patients from Health Center of Soledad, Anzoategui State, Venezuela].

Authors: Velásquez V Caldera R Wong W Cermeño G Fuentes M Blanco Y Aponte M Devera R
Address: Grupo de Parasitosis Intestinal, Departamento de Parasitologia y Microbiología, Escuela de Ciências de la Salud, Universidad de Oriente, Ciudad de Bolívar, Estado Bolívar 800-1A, Venezuela.
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The parasitological examination of fecal samples from 98 patients from an Ambulatory Health Center of Soledad, Anzoategui, Venezuela revealed a rather high proportion of results positive for Blastocystis hominis (46.9%).

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