First survey of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and dominant genotype Peru6 among ethnic minority groups in southwestern China's Yunnan Province and assessment of risk factors.

• Main Authors: Baiyan Gong (Author), Yaming Yang (Author), Xiaohua Liu (Author), Jianping Cao (Author), Meng Xu (Author), Ning Xu (Author), Fengkun Yang (Author), Fangwei Wu (Author), Benfu Li (Author), Aiqin Liu (Author), Yujuan Shen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most common microsporidian species causing diarrhea and other intestinal disorders in humans and animals. Like other infectious diseases, microsporidiosis usually disproportionately affects poor populations. In China, some ethnic minority...