Enterocytozoon bieneusi in human and animals, focus on laboratory identification and molecular epidemiology

Parasite

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-358

  Thellier, Marc ^a,b,c   Breton, J ^a,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Internal transcribed spacer; Microsporidia; Molecular epidemiology; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51149107601     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2008153349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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