bieneusi infection. Efficacy was assessed primarily by the clearance of microsporidia, as evidenced by analysis of stool specimens. Patients in whom microsporidia were not cleared received ...

Genomes within a group of eukaryotic obligate intracellular parasites—the microsporidia—are changing very slowly, even as the genes within them are evolving at a "strikingly high" rate, according to a ...

Microsporidia are spore-forming intracellular organisms that are omnipresent in the environment and that have the propensity of infecting a myriad of vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. Fifteen ...

Scientists have now found the reason for the animal's success. Its body fluid contains microsporidia, fungus-like protozoa that parasitize body cells and can cause immense harm to their host.

The malaria-blocking bug, Microsporidia MB, was discovered by studying mosquitoes on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. It lives in the gut and genitals of the insects. The researchers could ...

Scientists have discovered a microbe, a fungus they have named Microsporidia MB, in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes around the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya. The fungus is capable of blocking ...