Adenovirus masquerading as microsporidia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 316-319

  Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Leitch, Gordon J ^a,c   Wallace, Sara ^b   Seaba, Chris ^b,d   Erdman, Dean ^b,d   Ewing Jr , Edwin P ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; MICROSPORUM;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUODENUM; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SPORES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS TYPE 8; MAMMALIA; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0029967056     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284168     Document Type: Article

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