Brachiola vesicularum, n. g., n. sp., a new microsporidium associated with AIDS and myositis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 240-251

  Cali, Ann ^a   Takvorian, Peter M ^a   Lewin, Sharon ^b   Rendel, Michael ^b   Sian, Corazon S ^b   Wittner, Murray ^c   Tanowitz, Herbert B ^c   Keohane, Elaine ^d   Weiss, Louis M ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendages; Microspora; Microsporidiosis; Morphogenesis; Muscle tissue; Nosematidae; Protoplasmic extensions; Taxonomy; Tubules; Vesiculotubular structures

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALBENDAZOLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ITRACONAZOLE; MUSCLE CELL; MYOSITIS; PATHOGENESIS; SPECIES; SPOROGENESIS;

BRACHIOLA; BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; BRACHIOLA VESICULARUM; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA ALGERAE; NOSEMA SP.; NOSEMATIDAE;

EID: 0032078454     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04532.x     Document Type: Article

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