Microsporidia persistence in host impairs epithelial barriers and increases chances of inflammatory bowel disease
ABSTRACTMicrosporidia are intracellular fungus-like pathogens and the infection symptoms include recurrent diarrhea and systematic inflammations. The major infection route of microsporidia is the digestive tract. Since microsporidia are hard to fully eliminate, the interactions and persistence of th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2024-02-01
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Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03610-23 |