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Isospora belli Infection: Observation of Unicellular Cysts in Mesenteric Lymphoid Tissues of a Brazilian Patient with AIDS and Animal Inoculation |
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| Authors: | Jacob K. Frenkel Marcia Benedita De Oliveira Silva Joao Saldanha Mario Leon De Silva V. Dalmo Correia Filho Cristina Hueb Barata Eliane Lages Luis Eduardo Ramirez Aluizio Prata |
| Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, and;Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas-Purasitologia,;Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina do TriZngulo Mineiro (FMTM), Uberaha, MG, BRAZIL;Departamento de Doencus Infecciosas, Faculdade de Medicina do TriZngulo Mineiro (FMTM), Uberaha, MG, BRAZIL |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT. We describe the finding of unizoic cysts of Isospora helli in lymphoid tissues of a Brazilian patient with AIDS, and discuss the possibilities of their drug resistance, they being the cause of relapses, and of being an indication for the existence of intermediary or paratenic animal hosts. |
| Keywords: | Isosporiasis Isospora belli unizoic cysts host-paratenic |