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[[Image:Ehistolytica05.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Canadian Medical Association Journal stated that "...the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen|pathogenic]] [[protozoa]]".]]

[[Image:Ehistolytica05.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Canadian Medical Association Journal stated that "...the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen|pathogenic]] [[protozoa]]".]]

&#65;&#110;&#97;&#108; &#115;&#101;&#120; can be an important risk factor for intestinal parasitism.<ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/</ref>

In respect to '''homosexuality and parasites''', &#65;&#110;&#97;&#108; &#115;&#101;&#120; can be an important risk factor for intestinal parasitism.<ref>http://www.springerlink.com/content/jx13231641717w48/</ref>

 

 

In 1985, the peer reviewed medical journal ''Gut'', which is an international medical journal for gastroenterology & hepatology, had  an article entitled ''The Gay Bowel''  authored by I V Weller which stated the following: "[[Guardia Lamblia|Guardia lamblia]] and [[Entamoeba Histolytica|Entamoeba histolytica]] have long been regarded as 'exotic' organisms, but are 'hyperendemic' among gay men attending [[STD]] clinics with up to 20 excreting cysts."<ref>I V Weller, ''The gay bowel'', Gut. 1985 September; 26(9): 869–875</ref>

An article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that discusses the subject of [[Homosexuality and Parasites|homosexuality and parasites]] stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with [[intestine|intestinal]] [[Parasite|parasites]]"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen|pathogenic]] protozoa."<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818</ref>

An article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that discusses the subject of [[Homosexuality and Parasites|homosexuality and parasites]] stated the following in its abstract: "In a controlled study 67.5% of 200 homosexual men but only sixteen percent of 100 heterosexual men were found to be infected with [[intestine|intestinal]] [[Parasite|parasites]]"...These findings suggest that the male homosexual community may be an important reservoir of potentially [[pathogen|pathogenic]] protozoa."<ref>http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1704818</ref>

In 1985, the peer reviewed medical journal ''Gut'', which is an international medical journal for gastroenterology & hepatology, had  an article entitled ''The Gay Bowel''  authored by I V Weller which stated the following: "[[Guardia Lamblia|Guardia lamblia]] and [[Entamoeba Histolytica|Entamoeba histolytica]] have long been regarded as 'exotic' organisms, but are 'hyperendemic' among gay men attending [[STD]] clinics with up to 20 excreting cysts."<ref>I V Weller, ''The gay bowel'', Gut. 1985 September; 26(9): 869–875</ref>

 

[[Category: Homosexuality]]

[[Category: Parasites]]