A microsporidian isolated from an AIDS patient corresponds to Encephalitozoon cuniculi III, originally isolated from domestic dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2835-2837

  Didier, Elizabeth S ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Baker, Michael D ^c,e   Rogers, Linda B ^a   Bertucci, Donna C ^a   De Groote, Mary A ^d   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^c,f  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MICROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 0029910661     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.11.2835-2837.1996     Document Type: Article

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