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Mammalian Microsporidiosis [PDF]
Veterinary Pathology, 2000 The phylum Microspora contains a diverse group of single-celled, obligate intracellular protozoa sharing a unique organelle, the polar filament, and parasitizing a wide variety of invertebrate and vertebrate animals, including insects, fish, birds, and mammals. Encephalitozoon cuniculi is the
K, Wasson, R L, Peper
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Extraintestinal Microsporidiosis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2014 ABSTRACT Microsporidia are highly specialized obligate intracellular organisms that are closely related to fungi. Although traditionally associated with diarrheal illness in patients with AIDS, extraintestinal infections involving various organs have been reported with increasing frequency in the past decade, particularly in immunocompromised
Poornima, Ramanan, Bobbi S, Pritt
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Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 Abstract Four microsporidia have been reported from mammals other than man. These are: Encephalitozoon cuniculi, causing disseminated infections in a wide range of rodents, lagomorphs, carnivores, and primates; Thelohania apodemi, giving rise to cysts in the brain of field mice, Apodemus sylvaticus; Microsporidium buyukmichii in the ...
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Bibliographic review on hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis in white shrimp penaeus vannamei: a current emerging disease [PDF]
, 2023 Aquaculture plays a key role in meeting the growing global demand for food, and shrimp farming in particular plays an important role in the global economy and food security.
Medina Valencia, Marco Paul +3 more
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Renal Microsporidiosis in Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients: A Case Series
Türk Patoloji Dergisi, 2020 Microsporidiosis is a rare, but emerging opportunistic infection in solid organ transplant and stem cell transplant recipients. Renal involvement in microsporidiosis is very rarely seen in these recipients.
Saloni SHAH +7 more
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Current Therapy and Therapeutic Targets for Microsporidiosis
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Microsporidia are obligate intracellular, spore-forming parasitic fungi which are grouped with the Cryptomycota. They are both opportunistic pathogens in humans and emerging veterinary pathogens.
Junhong Wei +14 more
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New insights into the genome and transmission of the microsporidian pathogen Nosema muscidifuracis
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionNosema is a diverse genus of unicellular microsporidian parasites of insects and other arthropods. Nosema muscidifuracis infects parasitoid wasp species of Muscidifurax zaraptor and M.
Xiao Xiong +9 more
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Microsporidiosis in a Lovebird [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 1989 Microsporidian parasites belonging to the protozoan phylum Microspora are reported to cause disease in the majority of invertebrate phyla and all 5 classes of vertebrates. The organisms cause serious diseases in silkworms, amphibians, reptiles, and fish, and are becoming of increasing importance in human and veterinary medicine.
S, Powell +4 more
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Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2011 Microsporidia have emerged as causes of opportunistic infections associated with diarrhea and wasting in AIDS patients. This review describes recent reports of microsporidiosis in HIV-infected individuals and the growing awareness of microsporidiosis in non-HIV-infected populations.Microsporidia were only rarely recognized as causes of disease in ...
Elizabeth S, Didier, Louis M, Weiss
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Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 9, Issue 6, Page 2542-2558, November 2023., 2023 One in two pet dogs and cats is infected by intestinal parasites. Some of them have the potential to infect humans. Pups and kittens were at higher risk of infection. Performing a coproparasitological analysis is essential to establish a correct deworming protocol in these animals.
Marta Mateo +9 more
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