Isolation and characterization of a new human microsporidian, encephalitozoon hellem (n. sp.), from three AIDS patients with keratoconjunctivitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 617-621

  Didier, E S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Didier, P J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Friedberg, D N ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Stenson, S M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Orenstein, J M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Yee, R W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Tio, E O ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Davis, R M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Vossbrinck, C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Millichamp, N ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Shadduck, J A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026102044     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/163.3.617     Document Type: Article

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