Blastocystis hominis

Here, as promised, is the complete set of teaching units on enteric infection.

1. enteric fever

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2. intestinal protozoa

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3. intestinal helminths

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4. traveller’s diarrhoea

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Other useful sources of information including up to date epidemiology, parasite images and life cycles include:

• the World Health Organization
• the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• the CDC Yellow Book on travel health

See also MicroGnome posts on winter diarrhœa , enteric fever and traveller’s diarrhoea.

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