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Evidence of different Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2001
Liguory O, Sarfati C, Derouin F, Molina J M
Abstract excerpt
We classified 100 Enterocytozoon bieneusi isolates into five genotypes by a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method. Type I strains were encountered only in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, whereas type II strains were more frequently found in non-HIV-infected patients (75 versus 10%, respectively; P < 10(-4)), suggesting differences in the epidemiology of E. bieneusi among these...
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