Transmission and establishment of a persistent infection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi, derived from a human with AIDS, in simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus monkeys

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1016-1020

  Tzipori, Saul ^a   Carville, Angela ^b   Widmer, Giovanni ^b   Kotler, Donald ^b   Mansfield, Keith ^b   Lackner, Andrew ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RHESUS MONKEY; SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030978181     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513962     Document Type: Article

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