A single genotype of Encephalitozoon intestinalis infects free-ranging gorillas and people sharing their habitats in Uganda

Parasitology Research

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 926-931

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,e   Bosco Nizeyi, John ^b   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^c   Moura, Iaci N ^c   Pieniazek, Norman J ^c   Cranfield, Michael R ^d   Lindquist, Alan H ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Medical Department   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GORILLA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MICROSPORE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; GENOTYPE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; UGANDA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036040099     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0693-5     Document Type: Article

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