title: Genetic homology among thirteen Encephalitozoon intestinalis isolates obtained from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with intestinal microsporidiosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Liguory
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarfati
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Derouin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Molina
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal