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Frequent occurrence of mixed Enterocytozoon bieneusi infections in humans.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2013
Widmer Giovanni, Dilo Julia, Tumwine James K, Tzipori Saul, Akiyoshi Donna E
Abstract excerpt
Enterocytozoon bieneusi (phylum Microsporidia) is a human pathogen with a broad host range. Following the sequencing of 3.8 Mb of the estimated 6-Mb E. bieneusi genome, simple sequence repeats (micro- and minisatellites) were identified. Sequencing of four such repeats from various human and animal E. bieneusi isolates identified extensive sequence polymorphism and enabled the development of a multilocus...
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