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Lethal Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype III infection in Steppe lemmings (Lagurus lagurus).
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Sept 2014
Hofmannová Lada, Sak Bohumil, Jekl Vladimír, Mináriková Andrea, Skorič Miša, Kváč Martin
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Microsporidia are ubiquitous, spore-forming, intracellular parasites infecting invertebrates and vertebrates. Some of them are important opportunistic pathogens in humans, including three species of genus Encephalitozoon. Intraspecies genetic variation with a different range of hosts is known in Encephalitozoon cuniculi distinguishing four genotypes. Recently, E. cuniculi is often observed in pet animals, mainly...
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