A Study on the Prevalence and Subtype Diversity of the Intestinal Protist Blastocystissp. in a Gut-Healthy Human Population in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F20%3A43901284" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/20:43901284 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60077344:_____/20:00538647

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.544335/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.544335/full</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2020.544335" target="_blank" >10.3389/fcimb.2020.544335</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A Study on the Prevalence and Subtype Diversity of the Intestinal Protist Blastocystissp. in a Gut-Healthy Human Population in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Blastocystissp. is a common intestinal protist colonizing the human intestine the prevalence of which varies across non-industrialized and industrialized countries. Its role in the human gut ecosystem remains unclear due to persisting gaps in knowledge of epidemiology and factors affecting gut colonization. Here, we aimed to expand the knowledge of the epidemiology ofBlastocystissp. in the gut-healthy humans in one of the industrialized European countries, including the distribution of its subtypes, the correlation between its occurrence and several factors such as lifestyle, contact with animals, age, and sex. A total of 288 stool samples were obtained from asymptomatic individuals over the entire age-range and 136 samples from animals with which the volunteers were in frequent contact. All samples were examined in parallel by PCR and xenicin vitroculture.Blastocystissp. was detected in samples from both human and non-human hosts. In humans, the overall prevalence was 24% and eight subtypes were found; in animals, the prevalence was 10%, and only five subtypes were detected. A higher incidence ofBlastocystissp. was observed in individuals (i) traveling outside Europe, (ii) in frequent contact with livestock, and (iii) over 50 years of age. We found no effect on gender onBlastocystissp. colonization. This study provides data on the prevalence and diversity of the gut protistBlastocystissp. and its subtypes in a gut-healthy human population with emphasis on several factors such as contact with animals, lifestyle, age, and gender.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30310 - Parasitology

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000759" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000759: Centre for research of pathogenicity and virulence of parasites</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

ISSN

2235-2988

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

OCT 6 2020

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000579481300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85093365124