Microsporidiosis: Human diseases and diagnosis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 389-400

  Franzen, Caspar ^a   Müller, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Diagnosis; Microsporidia infections; Microsporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIOLA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; PLEISTOPHORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STAINING; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITTAFORMA CORNEAE;

MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 0342468764     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01395-8     Document Type: Review

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