Genetic homology among thirteen Encephalitozoon intestinalis isolates obtained from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with intestinal microsporidiosis.
The ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences of 13 unrelated Encephalitozoon intestinalis isolates obtained from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with intestinal microsporidiosis were analyzed by gene amplification and DNA sequencing. Among these isolates, we found only one genetic lineage which suggests that E. intestinalis may have a clonal distribution in HIV-infected patients.
Liguory
O
O
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
Fournier
S
S
Sarfati
C
C
Derouin
F
F
Molina
J M
JM
D000818:Animals; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016819:Encephalitozoon / Q000235:genetics*; D016890:Encephalitozoonosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005784:Gene Amplification; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D004275:DNA, Ribosomal