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Review
. 2020 Mar;36(3):229-232.
doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2019.12.009. Epub 2020 Jan 27.

Pre-empting Pandora's Box: Blastocystis Subtypes Revisited

Christen Rune Stensvold  1 , C Graham Clark  2
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Review

Pre-empting Pandora's Box: Blastocystis Subtypes Revisited

Christen Rune Stensvold et al. Trends Parasitol. 2020 Mar.

Abstract

Blastocystis is a genetically diverse intestinal protist colonizing both human and non-human hosts. By 2013, 17 subtypes had been acknowledged. Since then, nine more subtypes have been proposed. We argue that several recently proposed subtypes are invalid. We also revisit recommendations regarding the requirements for annotating sequences as new subtypes.

Keywords: Blastocystis taxonomy; molecular epidemiology; sequencing.

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