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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Association of Molecular Detections of Microsporidia in Stool Samples with Clinical and Immunological Parameters in Ghanaian HIV Patients.

Hagen Frickmann, Fred Stephen Sarfo, Betty Roberta Norman, Albert Dompreh, Shadrack Osei Asibey, Richard Boateng, Edmund Osei Kuffour, Konstantin Tanida, Veronica Di Cristanziano, Torsten Feldt and 1 more

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. in Swedish patients with suspected gastrointestinal parasite infection: a cross-sectional molecular study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Hagen FrickmannDepartment of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Bundeswehr Hospital Hamburg, 22049 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8967-9528
Fred Stephen SarfoDepartment of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi 00233, Ghana.
Betty Roberta NormanDepartment of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi 00233, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-4075-5972
Albert DomprehDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi 00233, Ghana.
Shadrack Osei AsibeyDepartment of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi 00233, Ghana.
Richard BoatengDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi 00233, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-3599-9136
Edmund Osei KuffourLaboratory of Retrovirology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Konstantin TanidaInstitute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20251 Hamburg, Germany.
Veronica Di CristanzianoInstitute of Virology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1604-8386
Torsten FeldtClinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6755-4492
Kirsten Alexandra EberhardtDepartment of Tropical Medicine, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine & I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1002-0326

Funding

ESTHER Alliance for Global Health PartnershipsGerman Federal Ministry of Education and Research 01KA1102German Ministry of Defense 36K2-S-45 1922
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the etiological relevance of the detection of microsporidia in human stool samples remains uncertain, the immunological status of patients has been posited as an important determinant of potential clinical impact of these parasites. To further assess the interplay between the epidemiology of microsporidia and immunological markers, we conducted a study utilizing real-time PCR targeting

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FecesHIV InfectionsMicrosporidiosisAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsCD4 Lymphocyte CountDNA, FungalFemaleGhanaHumansMaleMicrosporidiaMiddle AgedPrevalenceReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionYoung AdultDNA, FungalEncephalitozoonEnterocytozoonHIVimmunosuppressioninteractionmicrosporidiaWestern Africa

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PMID39770313
PMCPMC11728776

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