Microspridiosis is an opportunistic intestinal infection that causes diarrhea and wasting in immunocompromised individuals (HIV, for example). It results from different species of microsporidia, a group of protozoal parasites.

In HIV infected individuals, microsporidiosis generally occurs when CD4+ T cell counts fall below 100.

Causative agents

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At least 14 microsporidian species have been recognized as human pathogens, spread across eight genera:

• Brachiola
  • B. algerae, B. connori, B. vesicularum
• Encephalitozoon
  • E. cuniculi, E. hellem, E. intestinalis
• Enterocytozoon
  • E. bieneusi
• Microsporidium
  • M. ceylonensis, M. africanum
• Nosema
  • N. ocularum
• Pleistophora sp.
• Trachipleistophora
  • T. hominis, T. anthropophthera
• Vittaforma
  • V. corneae.

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