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Genotype identification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi isolates from stool samples of HIV-infected Tunisian patients.
Parasite (Paris, France) - 1 May 2012
Chabchoub N, Abdelmalek R, Breton J, Kanoun F, Thellier M, Bouratbine A, Aoun K
Abstract excerpt
The microsporidian species Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a major cause of chronic diarrhea and malabsorption in patients with AIDS. Genotyping was performed on seven E. bieneusi strains for the first time in Tunisia. All the strains were isolated from stool samples of humans with immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Analysis of the ribosomal RNA gene internal transcribed spacer (rDNA ITS) allowed the...
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