Microsporidiosis epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Ogheneochuko Ajari, MB.BS, MS [2];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Younes M.B.B.CH [3]

Overview

Microsporidia are being increasingly recognized as opportunistic infectious agents worldwide.

Epidemiology and Demographics

Prevalence:

• The overall prevalence is not accurately estimated especially in the whole population (because microsporidosis is usually investigated in immunocompromised patients with correlateing GI symptoms to microsporidosis).
• In HIV patients with diarrhea, the prevalence of microsporidosis was 39% being the most common isolated organism.

Race

• There is no racial predilection to the microsporidosis.

Age

• Patients of all age groups may develop microspordosis.

Sex

• Males and females are affected equally by microsporidosis.

Geographic distribution

• Microsporidiosis infections occur worldwide with no geographic prediliction.