About the Authors

Funda Dogruman-Al

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

Zahide Simsek

Affiliation Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Diskapi, Ankara, Turkey

Kenneth Boorom

kboorom@bhomcenter.org

Affiliation Blastocystis Research Foundation, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Eyup Ekici

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

Memduh Sahin

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

Candan Tuncer

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

Semra Kustimur

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Besevler, Ankara, Turkey

Akif Altinbas

Affiliation Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Diskapi, Ankara, Turkey

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FD KB. Performed the experiments: FD ZS EE MS CT SK AA. Analyzed the data: FD. Wrote the paper: KB FD.