Microsporidia infection in HIV - Negative subjects

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-70

  Desportes Livage, Isabelle ^a,b   Bylén, Eva ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Human; Immunocompetent; Immunodeficiency; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIVITY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; TROPICS;

EID: 0031863762     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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