Transmission of Enterocytozoon bieneusi between a child and guinea pigs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2708-2710

  Cama, Vitaliano A ^a,b   Pearson, Julie ^a   Cabrera, Lilia ^c   Pacheco, Luz ^d   Gilman, Robert ^b   Meyer, Sarah ^c   Ortega, Ynes ^e   Xiao, Lihua ^a,f  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENOTYPE; GUINEA PIG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

CAVIA; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI;

EID: 34548101707     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00725-07     Document Type: Article

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