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High prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in swine with four genotypes that differ from those identified in humans.
Parasitology - 1 May 1999
Breitenmoser A C, Mathis A, Bürgi E, Weber R, Deplazes P
Abstract excerpt
The microsporidial species Enterocytozoon bieneusi is found among immunocompromised, particularly HIV-infected, patients with chronic diarrhoea, and rarely also among immunocompetent persons with self-limited diarrhoea. Only recently, E. bieneusi was detected in 4 pigs in Switzerland raising the question of a potential zoonotic nature of this parasite. We examined faecal samples of 109 pigs, 24 cows, horses and...
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