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Encephalitozoon
(redirected from Encephalitozoon cuniculi)

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Encephalitozoon /En·ce·phal·i·to·zo·on/ (en″sĕ-fal″ĭ-to-zo´on) a genus of parasitic protozoa, causing infection mainly in immunocompromised patients; E. cuni´culi affects predominantly the brain and kidney, E. hel´lem affects the eye, and E. intestina´lis affects the intestines.
Encephalitozoon
a genus of protozoa in the class Microsporea.

Encephalitozoon cuniculi
occurs in rodents, dogs, primates and humans. Has a similar physical appearance and pathogenetic effect to toxoplasmosis. Causes encephalitozoonosis.

Encephalitozoon
Infectious disease A genus of microsporidia that most commonly infects the small intestine of immunocompromised Pts, in particular those with AIDS; in most Pts, the infection is confined to the small intestine and accompanied by diarrhea; in others, Encephalitozoon spp can cause disseminated disease & may be present in macrophages & epithelial cells. See AIDS cholangiopathy, Microsporidiasis.


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First report on the systematic sequencing of the small genome of Encephalitozoon cuniculi (Protozoa, Microspora): gene organization of a 4.
 
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