OBJECTIVES: To determine the associated clinical symptoms and prevalence of @entity8184 hominis (B. hominis).   METHODS: Stool samples of 50,185 @entity1 (26,784 males and 23,401 females) who were received at the Parasitology Laboratory of Yuzuncu Yil University Faculty of Medicine, Van, @entity233 in the last 5 years were inspected microscopically using saline and @entity1496 -stained wet-mount preparations. Age, gender, and symptoms of @entity1 were recorded and their significance was evaluated.     RESULTS:    The prevalence of B. hominis in the total sample was 0.54% (275/50185). Out of 275 infected @entity1 , 143 (52%) were males, and 132 (48%) were female (  2=0.884; p=0.348). The distribution of B. hominis @entity281 was high in 7-13 aged @entity1 (34.9%) (  2=306.8; p=0.001). @entity8184 was higher among symptomatic @entity1 (70.2%) compared with asymptomatic @entity1 (29.8%) (  2=107.13; p=0.001). The most frequent clinical symptoms associated with the disease were @entity490 (27.3%) and @entity294 (19.6%) followed by @entity448 , @entity221 , saliva, anal itching, and @entity390 .   CONCLUSION: @entity8184 hominis is considered a causative agent of @entity1 disease in @entity1 with recurrent symptoms. Due to the significant risk for zoonotic transmission, molecular techniques must be used to determine the route and source of @entity281 .

Clinical significance and prevalence of @entity8184 hominis in Van, XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'human', 'patients'] @entity1496 :: ('MESH:D007455', 'Chemical') :: ['iodine'] @entity390 :: ('MESH:D009325', 'Disease') :: ['nausea'] @entity233 :: ('9103', 'Species') :: ['Turkey'] @entity294 :: ('MESH:D003967', 'Disease') :: ['diarrhea'] @entity448 :: ('MESH:D000855', 'Disease') :: ['anorexia'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity8184 :: ('MESH:D016776', 'Disease') :: ['Blastocystis'] @entity490 :: ('MESH:D015746', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal pain'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['fever']
@entity233 :: (9103,Species) :: ['Turkey']
