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Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in patients without evidence of immunosuppression: two cases from Zimbabwe found to have positive stools by PCR

T. GumboDepartment of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe
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I. T. GangaidzoDepartment of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe Medical School, Harare, Zimbabwe
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S. SarbahDepartment of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH44109, U.S.A.
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A. CarvilleDivision of Infectious Diseases, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA01536, U.S.A.
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S. TziporiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA01536, U.S.A.
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P. M. WiestDepartment of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH44109, U.S.A.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 699-702 | Received 25 Apr 2000, Accepted 22 Jun 2000, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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