Molecular detection and subtype characterization of Blastocystis in diarrheal outpatients in Shanghai, China: A case-control study

• Wei Zhao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Zhao, Yuhan Guan, Qi Yu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hayidazhaowei@163.com (WZ); bowensong333@163.com (BS); zhh931218@163.com (HZ)

  Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-0741

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• Yuhan Guan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Zhao, Yuhan Guan, Qi Yu

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China

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• Qi Yu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Zhao, Yuhan Guan, Qi Yu

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai Pudong New Area People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China

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• Kuan Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China

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• Zhongkai Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China

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• Huanhuan Zhou ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hayidazhaowei@163.com (WZ); bowensong333@163.com (BS); zhh931218@163.com (HZ)

  Affiliation Laboratory Department, Qingdao South District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Bowen Song

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hayidazhaowei@163.com (WZ); bowensong333@163.com (BS); zhh931218@163.com (HZ)

  Affiliations School of Medical Humanities and Management, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, PR China, Key Research Center of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Zhejiang Province (Institute of Medical Humanities, Wenzhou Medical University), Chashan University Town, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, PR China

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