background: the aim of the present work was to investigate the prevalence and species of intestinal microsporidiosis among animals in giza, egypt. methods: a total of 869 animal fecal samples were collected from domesticated animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, donkeys and pigs) living in giza, egypt. spores of microsporidia were concentrated from collected samples by ...

Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is a spore-forming intracellular parasite that produces an economically devastating disease in farmed shrimp called hepatopancreatic microsporidiosis (HPM), known to slow the growth of hosts aquaculture. Spore wall proteins are implicated recognition host cells microsporidia. Many parasites have been demonstrated detect heparin, glycosaminoglycan (GAG) molecule...

Results Among the 70 patients involved, the average age was 37 years with a slight male predominance. The median CD4 was 62cel/mm 3. Digestive opportunistic parasitic were indicative of HIV infection in 54 cases (77%) and in 16 cases (23%) they occurred at the waning of treatment failure. All patients had diarrhea. These opportunistic parasitic agents were isolated only in 56 cases: the cryptos...

Preface Primary Changes in the Recommendations How to Use the Information in This Report Disease-Specific Recommendations Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Toxoplasmic Encephalitis Cryptosporidiosis Microsporidiosis Tuberculosis Disseminated Infection with Mycobacterium avium Complex Bacterial Respiratory Infections Bacterial Enteric Infections Infection with Bartonella (Formerly Rochalimaea) Cand...