2012 is coming to an end and it is also time for taking stock of the year Blastocystis -wise. We saw many significant scient...

Many people are told by their GPs or specialists that they are infested by Blastocystis . What these people might not always be aware of i...

Announcement: The XVII Seminar on Amebiasis will take place in Mérida, México, March 1-5, 2013. For futher information, please go here . ...

Common parasites such as Blastocystis and Dientamoeba fragilis are often incriminated of causing chronic or intermittent diarrhoea o...

How strange the world of clinical microbiology is when you compare the fields of mycology, parasitology, bacteriology and virology ...

Please watch this video abstract co-authored by one of my colleagues, Mark van der Giezen, about the search for suitable drug targets in...

For some reason the "Flagyl" poll in the right side bar of this blog was reset; the number of votes was approaching 100. The qu...

I want to thank for the many emails I get! Unfortunately, I cannot respond to each one of them, in part due to time limits, in part since...

It's time to bone up on my Portuguese! Off to XXVIII Reunião Anual da Sociedade Brasileira de Protozoologia in Caxambu, Brazil tomo...

After spending more than 8 years in clinical microbiology with special reference to parasitology, I’ve come to realise that it truly is a ...