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HIV-related enteropathy in Zambia: a clinical, microbiological, and histological study.
Christopher P. Conlon,Anthony J. Pinching,Cyame U. Perera,Anthony Moody,N. Luo,Sebastian Lucas +5 more
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As indicated by villous blunting and inflammation on duodenal histology, those with diarrhea and parasites showed the most severe damage and could not implicate mycobacteria or bacterial overgrowth as causes for the enteropathy associated with HIV.Citations
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Human microsporidial infections.
TL;DR: Progress is being made with respect to in vitro propagation of microsporidia, which is crucial for developing antimicrosporidial drugs, and molecular techniques are being developed for diagnostic purposes, taxonomic classification, and analysis of phylogenetic relationships.
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Strongyloides stercoralis: Global Distribution and Risk Factors.
Fabian Schär,Ulf Trostdorf,Ulf Trostdorf,Federica Giardina,Federica Giardina,Virak Khieu,Virak Khieu,Virak Khieu,Sinuon Muth,Hanspeter Marti,Hanspeter Marti,Penelope Vounatsou,Penelope Vounatsou,Peter Odermatt,Peter Odermatt +14 more
TL;DR: The findings show high infection prevalence rates in the general population in selected countries and geographical regions and an association between HIV-infection/alcoholism and S. stercoralis infection.
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Improved light-microscopical detection of microsporidia spores in stool and duodenal aspirates. The Enteric Opportunistic Infections Working Group.
TL;DR: This new diagnostic technique serves as a practical, noninvasive means to detect microsporidia spores in stool specimens and is also applicable to the examination of duodenal aspirates.
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Understanding Intestinal Spore-Forming Protozoa: Cryptosporidia, Microsporidia, Isospora, and Cyclospora
TL;DR: The primary objective is to point out the common characteristics of these organisms and the diseases that they produce, and to provide a framework of understanding that practicing clinicians can use to easily integrate new information about these pathogens into their clinical databases.
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Review of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-related opportunisticinfections in sub-Saharan Africa
TL;DR: A systematic review of the literature on HIV-1 infection in sub-Saharan Africa to assess data from recent cohorts and selected cross-sectional studies to delineate rates of opportunistic infections, associated CD4 cell counts, and associated mortality found that tuberculosis, bacterial infections, and malaria were identified as the leading causes of HIV-related morbidity across sub- Saharan Africa.