Article
Transmission and serial propagation of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from humans and Rhesus macaques in gnotobiotic piglets.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 1998
Kondova I, Mansfield K, Buckholt M A, Stein B, Widmer G, Carville A, Lackner A, Tzipori S
Abstract excerpt
For over a decade Enterocytozoon bieneusi infections in people with AIDS have been linked with chronic diarrhea and wasting. The slow scientific progress in treating these infections is attributed to the inability of investigators to cultivate the parasite, which has also precluded evaluation of...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Animals
- Apansporoblastina
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Genotype
- Germ-Free Life
- Humans
- Macaca mulatta
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protozoan Infections, Animal
- Serial Passage
- Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Swine
- Swine Diseases
