| Literature DB >> 19573618 |
Amber Mathews1, Anne Hotard, Hollie Hale-Donze.
Abstract
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular, eukaryotic fungi, which have gained recognition as opportunistic parasites in immunocompromised patients. Resistance to lethal microsporidia infections requires a Th1 immune response; how this protection is initiated against Encephalitozoon species is the focus of this review article.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19573618 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.06.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700