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Microsporidiosis occur in humans worldwide, with a prevalence ranging from 0 and 50%, depending on the geographic location and demographic characteristics of the population involved. Prevalence rates tend to be highest among HIV-infected individuals with diarrhea and with a CD4+ T cells less than 100 cells/mm3 blood.<ref name="pmid16940873">{{cite journal| author=Didier ES, Weiss LM| title=Microsporidiosis: current status. | journal=Curr Opin Infect Dis | year= 2006 | volume= 19 | issue= 5 | pages= 485-92 | pmid=16940873 | doi=10.1097/01.qco.0000244055.46382.23 | pmc=3109650 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16940873 }} </ref> | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [2]
Overview
Microsporidia are being increasingly recognized as opportunistic infectious agents worldwide.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Microsporidiosis occur in humans worldwide, with a prevalence ranging from 0 and 50%, depending on the geographic location and demographic characteristics of the population involved. Prevalence rates tend to be highest among HIV-infected individuals with diarrhea and with a CD4+ T cells less than 100 cells/mm3 blood.[1]
References
- ↑ Didier ES, Weiss LM (2006). "Microsporidiosis: current status". Curr Opin Infect Dis. 19 (5): 485–92. doi:10.1097/01.qco.0000244055.46382.23. PMC 3109650. PMID 16940873.