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New Highly Divergent rRNA Sequence among Biodiverse Genotypes of<i>Enterocytozoon bieneusi</i>Strains Isolated from Humans in Gabon and Cameroon
31 May 2007
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Intestinal microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a leading cause of chronic diarrhea in severely immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. It may be a public health problem in Africa due to the magnitude of the HIV pandemic and to poor sanitary conditions. We designed two prevalence studies of E. bieneusi in Central Africa, the first with HIV-positive patients from an...
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