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SUBMITTER: Kondova I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC108691 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection and immunity 19981101 11
For over a decade Enterocytozoon bieneusi infections in people with AIDS have been linked with chronic diarrhea and wasting. The slow scientific progress in treating these infections is attributed to the inability of investigators to cultivate the parasite, which has also precluded evaluation of effective therapies. We report here successful serial transmissions of E. bieneusi from patients with AIDS and from macaques with AIDS to immunosuppressed gnotobiotic piglets. One infected piglet was sti ...[more]