Microsporidia: emerging advances in understanding the basic biology of these unique organisms

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 795-804

  Mathis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal hosts; Genome analysis; Genotypes; Microsporidia; Opportunistic pathogens; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; RABBITS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034210675     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00064-3     Document Type: Review

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