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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2007

New highly divergent rRNA sequence among biodiverse genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi strains isolated from humans in Gabon and Cameroon.

Jacques Breton, Emmanuelle Bart-Delabesse, Sylvestre Biligui, Alessandra Carbone, Xavier Seiller, Madeleine Okome-Nkoumou, Chantal Nzamba, Maryvonne Kombila, Isabelle Accoceberry, Marc Thellier

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Jacques BretonUnité INSERM 511, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, 91 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France.
Emmanuelle Bart-Delabesse
Sylvestre Biligui
Alessandra Carbone
Xavier Seiller
Madeleine Okome-Nkoumou
Chantal Nzamba
Maryvonne Kombila
Isabelle Accoceberry
Marc Thellier
Inserm · FRUniversité des Sciences de la Santé · GAAssistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRHôpital Saint-André · FRLibreville Hospital · GASorbonne Université · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intestinal microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a leading cause of chronic diarrhea in severely immunocompromised human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. It may be a public health problem in Africa due to the magnitude of the HIV pandemic and to poor sanitary conditions. We designed two prevalence studies of E. bieneusi in Central Africa, the first with HIV-positive patients from an urban setting in Gabon and the second with a nonselected rural population in Cameroon. Stool samples were analyzed by an immunofluorescence antibody test and PCR. Twenty-five out of 822 HIV-positive patients from Gabon and 22 out of 758 villagers from Cameroon were found to be positive for E. bieneusi. The prevalence rates of the two studies were surprisingly similar (3.0% and 2.9%). Genotypic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of the rRNA gene showed a high degree of diversity in samples from both countries. In Gabon, 15 isolates showed seven different genotypes: the previously reported genotypes A, D, and K along with four new genotypes, referred to as CAF1, CAF2, CAF3, and CAF4. In Cameroon, five genotypes were found in 20 isolates: the known genotypes A, B, D, and K and the new genotype CAF4. Genotypes A and CAF4 predominated in Cameroon, whereas K, CAF4, and CAF1 were more frequent in Gabon, suggesting that different genotypes present differing risks of infection associated with immune status and living conditions. Phylogenetic analysis of the new genotype CAF4, identified in both HIV-negative and HIV-positive subjects, indicates that it represents a highly divergent strain.

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Polymorphism, GeneticAdolescentAdultAgedBase SequenceCameroonCluster AnalysisDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerEnterocytozoonFecesFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGabonHIV InfectionsHumansDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerRNA, FungalRNA, Ribosomal

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PMID17537939
PMCPMC1951207
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