A Species of Microsporidium Isolated from an HIV-Infected Patient and Identified as Trachipleistophora anthropophthera by Transmission Electron Microscopy

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 576-

  Juarez, Sandra I ^a   Ichinose, Akitoyo ^a   Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^b   Yanagi, Tetsuo ^a   Kanbara, Hiroji ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BACTERIAL SPORE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; PARASITOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THAILAND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CORNEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPORIDIA, UNCLASSIFIED; SPORES; THAILAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA;

EID: 0346336181     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00635.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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