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Small-molecule screen in C. elegans identifies benzenesulfonamides as inhibitors of microsporidia spores [PDF]

npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
Microsporidia, a large group of fungal-related intracellular parasites, infect several economically significant animals, leading to substantial economic losses.
Qingyuan Huang, Haiyi Jiang, Junhong Wei, Yabin Dou, Guoqing Pan, Jie Chen, Aaron W. Reinke   +6 more
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Maximizing horizontal transmission through mating: increased mating frequency and mating competitiveness associated with Microsporidia MB-infected Anopheles arabiensis males [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Microsporidia MB is a naturally occurring symbiont in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes that inhibits the development of Plasmodium. It is transmitted both vertically and horizontally, enabling its spread within mosquito populations.
Tracy Maina, Aclaine Shisia, Joseph Gichuhi, Joel L. Bargul, Jeremy K. Herren, Tullu Bukhari   +5 more
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Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of honey bee viruses, Nosema microsporidia, protozoan parasites, and parasitic mites in China [PDF]

, 2008
China has the largest number of managed honey bee colonies, which produce the highest quantity of honey and royal jelly in the world; however, the presence of honey bee pathogens and parasites has never been rigorously identified in Chinese apiaries.
Yang, Bu, Peng, Guangda, Li, Tianbang, Kadowaki, Tatsuhiko   +3 more
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The Plasmodium transmission-blocking symbiont, Microsporidia MB, is vertically transmitted through Anopheles arabiensis germline stem cells. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens
Microsporidia MB is a promising candidate for developing a symbiont-based strategy for malaria control because it disrupts the capacity of An. arabiensis to transmit the Plasmodium parasite.
Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Edward Edmond Makhulu, Purity Cassandra Ronnie, Stancy Mandere, Fidel Gabriel Otieno, Joseph Gichuhi, Jeremy Keith Herren   +6 more
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Microbial Evolution in Allodapine Bees: Perspectives From Trophallactic, Socially Plastic Pollinators. [PDF]

Evol Appl
ABSTRACT This review seeks a deeper functional understanding of wild bee microbiomes by focusing on a tribe of bees where natural history and behavioral ecology are well known but investigations of microbiology are just beginning. Opportunities to improve our future knowledge of pathogens to insect pollinators are explored—which have broad ...
Tierney SM, Jeffries TC, Koch H.
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Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of microsporidia in water and soil in Mosul city [PDF]

Open Veterinary Journal
Background: Microsporidia are opportunistic intracellular parasites that cause a variety of illnesses in humans. There is little information available regarding the frequency of these parasite in human cases of diarrhea and cancer.
Narmen Tariq Fadhel Tekeli, Senaa Abdullah Ali Al-jarjary, Omar Hashim Sheet   +2 more
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Mosquito breeding water parameters are important determinants for Microsporidia MB in the aquatic stages of Anopheles species [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Microsporidia MB disrupts Plasmodium development in Anopheles mosquitoes, making it a possible biocontrol tool for malaria. As a tool for vector/disease control, its ecological distribution and the factors that determine their occurrence must ...
Esinam A. Akorli, Nana Efua Andoh, Richardson K. Egyirifa, Christopher Dorcoo, Sampson Otoo, Seraphim N. A. Tetteh, Reuben Mwimson Pul, Derrick B. Sackitey, Stephen K. D. Oware, Samuel K. Dadzie, Jewelna Akorli   +10 more
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Identification and characterization of microsporidia from fecal samples of HIV-positive patients from Lagos, Nigeria. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
BACKGROUND: Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites that infect a broad range of vertebrates and invertebrates. They have been increasingly recognized as human pathogens in AIDS patients, mainly associated with a life-threatening chronic ...
Oladele Teslim Ojuromi, Fernando Izquierdo, Soledad Fenoy, Adetayo Fagbenro-Beyioku, Wellington Oyibo, Alani Akanmu, Nkiruka Odunukwe, Nuno Henriques-Gil, Carmen del Aguila   +8 more
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Bioinformatics analysis of the Microsporidia sp. MB genome: a malaria transmission-blocking symbiont of the Anopheles arabiensis mosquito [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background The use of microsporidia as a disease-transmission-blocking tool has garnered significant attention. Microsporidia sp. MB, known for its ability to block malaria development in mosquitoes, is an optimal candidate for supplementing malaria ...
Lilian Mbaisi Ang’ang’o, Jeremy Keith Herren, Özlem Tastan Bishop   +2 more
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Characterizing the Xenoma of Vairimorpha necatrix Provides Insights Into the Most Efficient Mode of Microsporidian Proliferation

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Microsporidia are a group of obligated intracellular parasites that can infect nearly all vertebrates and invertebrates, including humans and economic animals.
Tian Li, Tian Li, Zhuoya Fang, Zhuoya Fang, Qiang He, Qiang He, Chunxia Wang, Chunxia Wang, Xianzhi Meng, Xianzhi Meng, Bin Yu, Bin Yu, Zeyang Zhou, Zeyang Zhou, Zeyang Zhou   +14 more
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