Parasites and Health [Last Modified: ]
Microsporidiosis
[Brachiola spp.] [Encephalitozoon cuniculi] [Encephalitozoon hellem]
[Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis)]
[Enterocytozoon bieneusi] [Nosema spp.] [Pleistophora sp.]
[Trachipleistophora spp.] [Vittaforma corneae (syn. Nosema corneum)]
Causal Agent Life Cycle Geographic Distribution Clinical Features Laboratory Diagnosis Treatment

Life cycle

Microsporidian spore with an extruded polar tubule
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Figure contributed by Dr. Massimo Scaglia, Laboratory of Clinical Parasitology, Institute of Infectious Diseases, University-IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

3: Transmission electron micrograph of a microsporidian spore with an extruded polar tubule inserted into a eukaryotic cell.  The spore injects the infective sporoplasms through its polar tubule.
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