?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=First+detection+of+intestinal+microsporidia+in+Northern+Nigeria&rft.creator=I+CJ%2C+Omalu&rft.creator=A+B%2C+Yako&rft.creator=D+D%2C+Duhlinska&rft.creator=G+I%2C+Anyanwu&rft.creator=V+A%2C+Pam&rft.creator=P+U%2C+Inyama&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Microsporidia+are+intracellular+spore-forming+protozoa+that+are+increasingly+being+recognized+as+pathogens+in+humans.+Faecal+samples+were+taken+from+2250+HIV%2FAIDS+and+1050+HIV-negative+patients+from+Kano+and+Makurdi+in+Northern+Nigeria%2C+and+were+investigated+for+microsporidial+infections+by+Giemsa+staining+technique+(Light+microscopy).+In+Kano%2C+Enterocytozoon+bienuesi+was+detected+in+8+(14.17%25)+and+Encephalitozoon+intestinalis+in+5+(2.60%25)+out+of+192+HIV%2FAIDS+patients+screened.+A+mixed+infection+of+both+0.52%25+was+observed.++Results+from+Makurdi+showed+that+Enterocytozoon+bienuesi+was+detected+in+13+(0.65%25)+and+Encephalitozoon+intestinalis+in+96+(4.78%25)+out+of+2008+HIV%2FAIDS+patients+examined.+No+mixed+infection+was+observed.+Microsporidial+spores+were+not+found+in+1050+HIV-negative+patients+screened+from+both+areas.+There+was+a+significant+difference+(X2%2C+p%3C0.05)+in+infection+rates+between+the+HIV%2FAIDS+and+HIV-negative+patients.+This+study+aimed+at+detecting+the+prevalence+of+intestinal+microsporidia+to+provide+baseline+data+on+the+status+of+this+disease+in+Nigeria.++Detection+of+Microsporidia+in+Immuno-compromised+patients+has+not+been+described+previously+in+this+area.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.date=2005-11&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4700%2F1%2F2005-3-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++I+CJ%2C+Omalu+and+A+B%2C+Yako+and+D+D%2C+Duhlinska+and+G+I%2C+Anyanwu+and+V+A%2C+Pam+and+P+U%2C+Inyama++(2005)+First+detection+of+intestinal+microsporidia+in+Northern+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4700%2F