Enterocytozoon bieneusi (microsporidia) in clinical samples from immunocompetent individuals in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 848-855

  Abreu Acosta, Néstor ^a   Lorenzo Morales, Jacob ^a   Leal Guio, Yaiza ^a   Coronado Álvarez, Nieves ^a   Foronda, Pilar ^a   Alcoba Florez, Julia ^b   Izquierdo, Fernando ^c   Batista Díaz, Ninive ^b   Del Águila, Carmen ^c   Valladares, Basilio ^a  

^a Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Publica de Canarias   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Microsporidia; PCR; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLEURA FLUID; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPAIN; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 24344472617     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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