Detection of microsporidia in local HIV-positive population in Malaysia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 409-413

  Lono, Angela ^a   Kumar, Suresh ^a   Chye, Tan Tian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon intestinalis; HIV positive; Microsporidia; PCR

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIAN SPORE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 79958716439     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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