Investigation of neglected protists Blastocystis sp. and Dientamoeba fragilis in immunocompetent and immunodeficient diarrheal patients using both conventional and molecular methods

• Fakhriddin Sarzhanov,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Division of Medical Parasitology, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Faculty of Medicine, Turkestan, Kazakhstan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9433-2126

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• Funda Dogruman-Al ,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: alfunda@yahoo.com, alfunda@gazi.edu.tr

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9118-3935

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• Monica Santin,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1386-6255

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• Jenny G. Maloney,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-883X

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• Ayse Semra Gureser,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6455-5932

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• Djursun Karasartova,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2696-381X

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• Aysegul Taylan-Ozkan

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, TOBB- University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey

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