Microsporidiosis in HIV-seronegative patients in Mali

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-424

  Desportes Livage, Isabelle ^a   Doumbo, Ogobara ^b   Pichard, Eric ^c   Hilmarsdottir, Ingibjörg ^a   Traoré, Hamar A ^c   Maiga, Ibrahima I ^c   El Fakhry, Youssef ^a   Dolo, Amagana ^c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Hopital National du Point G   (Mali)

Author keywords

Case reports; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mali; Microsporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALI; MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031709155     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91076-8     Document Type: Article

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