Septata Intestinalis Frequently Isolated from Stool of AIDS Patients with a New Cultivation Method

Parasitology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 281-289

  Canning, E U ^c   Gilis, H ^a   Dankert, J ^a  

^a Department of Medical Microbiology ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterocytozoon bieneusi; microsporidia; Septata intestinalis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTATA INTESTINALIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSPORIDA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028108189     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000078318     Document Type: Article

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