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Blastocystis hominis

Record number	d016845
Date	06.06.2025
Type	M - MESH
Topical term	Blastocystis hominis
UDC	B01.046.500.100.200.200.375
Note	A species of parasitic protozoa found in the intestines of humans and other primates. It was classified as a yeast in 1912. Over the years, questions arose about this designation. In 1967, many physiological and morphological B. hominis characteristics were reported that fit a protozoan classification. Since that time, other papers have corroborated this work and the organism is now recognized as a protozoan parasite of humans causing intestinal disease with potentially disabling symptoms.

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