Characterization of Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis isolates cultured from nasal mucosa and bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of two AIDS patients

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-43

  Didier, Elizabeth S ^a   Rogers, Linda B ^a   Orenstein, Jan M ^b   Baker, Michael D ^c   Vossbrinck, Charles R ^c   Van Gool, Tom ^d   Hartskeerl, Rudy ^e   Soave, Rosemary ^f   Beaudet, Lisa M ^g  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Microspora; Microsporidia; Opportunistic infections; Parasitic infections; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSE MUCOSA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL MUCOSA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030062045     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb02470.x     Document Type: Article

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