Limited genetic diversity among genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from HIV-infected patients from Sydney, Australia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-357

  Stark, D ^a,b   Van Hal, S ^a   Barratt, J ^a,b   Ellis, J ^b   Marriott, D ^a   Harkness, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENTEROCYTOZOON; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 61449255937     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006445-0     Document Type: Article

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