Oh my aching gut: irritable bowel syndrome, Blastocystis, and asymptomatic infection

Kenneth F Boorom¹ , Huw Smith² , Laila Nimri³ , Eric Viscogliosi⁴ , Gregory Spanakos⁵ , Unaiza Parkar⁶ , Lan-Hua Li⁷ , Xiao-Nong Zhou⁸ , Ülgen Z Ok⁹ , Saovanee Leelayoova¹⁰ and Morris S Jones¹¹

¹  Blastocystis Research Foundation, 5060 SW Philomath Blvd, #202, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA

²  Scottish Parasite Diagnostic Laboratory, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, G21 3UW, UK

³  Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan 22110 (currently at Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA)

⁴  Unite' Inserm U547, Institut Pasteur, 1 Rue du Professeury Calmette, BP 245, 59019 Lille Cedex, France

⁵  Department of Parasitology, Entomology and Tropical Diseases, National School of Public Health, 196 Alexandras Ave, 11521 Athens, Greece

⁶  WHO Collaborating Centre for the Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitic Infections and the State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, South Street, Western Australia 6150, Australia

⁷  Department of Preventive Medicine, Weifang Medical University, 288 Shengli East Street, Shandong, Weifang, 261042, People's Republic of China

⁸  National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China

⁹  Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey

¹⁰  Department of Parasitology Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand

¹¹  Clinical Investigation Facility, David Grant USAF Medical Center, 101 Bodin Circle, Travis AFB, CA 94535, USA