Identification and characterization of microsporidia from fecal samples of hiv-positive patients from lagos, nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Ojuromi, Oladele Teslim ^a,c   Izquierdo, Fernando ^b   Fenoy, Soledad ^b   Fagbenro Beyioku, Adetayo ^c   Oyibo, Wellington ^c   Akanmu, Alani ^c   Odunukwe, Nkiruka ^d   Henriques Gil, Nuno ^b   Del Aguila, Carmenl ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^d NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORIDIA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RRNA GENE; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RNA GENE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; VERTEBRATA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA;

EID: 84859487825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035239     Document Type: Article

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