Microsporidia of the genus Trachipleistophora - Causative agents of human microsporidiosis: Description of Trachipleistophora anthropophthera n. sp. (Protozoa: Microsporidia)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-283

  Vávra, Jiří ^a   Yachnis, Anthony T ^b   Shadduck, John A ^c   Orenstein, Jan M ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brain; Heart; Kidney; Spore; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BONE MARROW; BRAIN; DIMORPHISM; HEART; INFECTIVITY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PANCREAS; PARASITISM; SPLEEN; TAXONOMY; THYROID GLAND;

MICROSPORIDIA; PLEISTOPHORA; PROTOZOA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA ANTHROPOPHTHERA; TRACHIPLEISTOPHORA HOMINIS;

EID: 1842645450     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04536.x     Document Type: Article

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