Microsporidia and 'the art of living together'

J Vávra, J Lukeš - Advances in parasitology, 2013 - Elsevier
Parasitism, aptly defined as one of the 'living-together'strategies (Trager, 1986), presents a
dynamic system in which the parasite and its host are under evolutionary pressure to evolve …

Molecular testing for clinical diagnosis and epidemiological investigations of intestinal parasitic infections

JJ Verweij, CR Stensvold - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Over the past few decades, nucleic acid-based methods have been developed for the
diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections. Advantages of nucleic acid-based methods are …

Host specificity of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and public health implications

W Li, Y Feng, M Santin - Trends in Parasitology, 2019 - cell.com
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most common cause of human microsporidiosis and it also
infects a wide range of mammals and birds worldwide. The role of animals in the …

Zoonotic Cryptosporidium species and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral therapy

L Wang, H Zhang, X Zhao, L Zhang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Molecular diagnostic tools have been used increasingly in the characterization of the
transmission of cryptosporidiosis and microsporidiosis in developing countries. However …

Epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi Infection in Humans

O Matos, ML Lobo, L Xiao - Journal of parasitology research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A review was conducted to examine published works that focus on the complex
epidemiology of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in humans. Studies on the prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Cryptosporidiosis in HIV-positive patients and related risk factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

E Ahmadpour, H Safarpour, L Xiao, M Zarean… - Parasite, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cryptosporidium is one of the major causes of diarrhea in HIV-positive patients. The aim of
this study is to systematically review and meta-analyze the prevalence of Cryptosporidium in …

Genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Subtyping of Blastocystis in Cancer Patients: Relationship to Diarrhea and Assessment of Zoonotic Transmission

W Zhang, G Ren, W Zhao, Z Yang, Y Shen… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Enterocytozoon bieneusi (E. bieneusi) and Blastocystis are common pathogens responsible
for diarrhea in humans, especially in immunocompromised individuals. The number of …

Epidemiology of microsporidia in human infections

R Fayer, M Santin‐Duran - Microsporidia: pathogens of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Early knowledge of human microsporidiosis and its epidemiology is limited because of
difficulties identifying the microscopic spores as microsporidia, tiny even at the highest …

Diagnosis and molecular typing of Enterocytozoon bieneusi: the significant role of domestic animals in transmission of human microsporidiosis

W Li, Y Feng, L Xiao - Research in Veterinary Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an obligate intracellular fungus-like parasite with high genetic
diversity among mammalian and avian hosts. Based on polymorphism analysis of the …

Infection by and genotype characteristics of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in HIV/AIDS patients from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, China

H Liu, Z Jiang, Z Yuan, J Yin, Z Wang, B Yu… - BMC Infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Enterocytozoon bieneusi has been increasingly reported to infect humans and
various mammals. Microsporidia cause diarrhea in HIV-infected patients worldwide. PCR …