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Limited genetic diversity among genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from HIV-infected patients from Sydney, Australia.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Mar 2009
Stark D, van Hal S, Barratt J, Ellis J, Marriott D, Harkness J
Abstract excerpt
Microsporidia are intracellular parasites, with over 1200 species belonging to 143 genera described to date. They are opportunistic pathogens in humans and can cause chronic diarrhoea in immunosuppressed patients. Both Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis cause intestinal dise...
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