PCR-based detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in diarrheic patients from Guangdong, Shandong, Shanghai, and Zhejiang Provinces, China: a study on prevalence and genotypic characteristics.

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Introduction: Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most prevalent microsporidian species infecting humans and causing diarrhea. Epidemiological investigations seldom focus on this pathogen, and its disease burden has been underestimated. This research investigated the prevalence and genotypic characteristics of E. bieneusi in patients with diarrhea from Guangdong (Zhuhai), Shandong (Qingdao), Shanghai and Zhejiang...

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• China
• Diarrhea
• DNA, Fungal
• DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
• Enterocytozoon