In my opinion, in many cases we should "leave Blastocystis alone". In some cases, however, treatment may be warranted. However, c...

Don't forget the VIII’th ECTMIH in Copenhagen September 10-13, 2013 , - click here to get flyer. Why not speculate on our possibiliti...

Time to revisit: Why it is a bugs life by Jörg Blech ( The Guardian (2002)). Speaking of numbers, - I wonder which one is the most succes...

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

Looking forward to giving key note talk at XXVIII SBPz ( SociedadeBrasileira de Protozoologia ) in Caxambu - Minas Gerais - Brazil in Oc...

Browsed the paper by Chandramathi et al. (2012) on Infections of Blastocystis hominis and microsporidia in cancer patients: are they oppor...

Whether "New Insights" or not: Blastocystis makes it to PLoS Pathogens! Congratulations to our colleagues! New Insights into Bl...

For all of you interested in subtyping of Blastocystis : We recommend using barcoding (look up the paper by Scicluna et al., 2012 for pri...

Absence of a piped water supply and low levels of mothers' education were the significant predictors of Blastocystis infection in a re...

Our new real-time PCR for Blastocystis has been published in JCM. Check it out at Development and evaluation of a genus-specific, probe...