Enterocytozoon bieneusi, a human pathogen.

Abstract excerpt

Although brought to the forefront in the 1980s with the AIDS pandemic, microsporidia infecting humans are still little known. Enterocytozoon bieneusi, by far the most frequent microsporidia species causing diseases in humans, is responsible for intestinal illness in both non- and immunocompromised patients. This species presents an astonishing genetic diversity with more than 500 genotypes described, some of...

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• Microsporidiosis
• Amoebic Infections and Treatments
• Enterocytozoon
• Fecal contamination and water quality
• Genetic Variation