Microsporidiosis in humans

B Han, G Pan, LM Weiss - Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens identified∼ 150 years ago as the cause
of pébrine, an economically important infection in silkworms. There are about 220 genera …

Invasion of host cells by microsporidia

B Han, PM Takvorian, LM Weiss - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microsporidia are found worldwide and both vertebrates and invertebrates can serve as
hosts for these organisms. While microsporidiosis in humans can occur in both immune …

The ins and outs of host‐microsporidia interactions during invasion, proliferation and exit

H Tamim El Jarkass, AW Reinke - Cellular Microbiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microsporidia are a large group of fungal‐related obligate intracellular parasites. They are
responsible for infections in humans as well as in agriculturally and environmentally …

Functional annotation of a divergent genome using sequence and structure-based similarity

D Svedberg, RR Winiger, A Berg, H Sharma… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Microsporidia are a large taxon of intracellular pathogens characterized by
extraordinarily streamlined genomes with unusually high sequence divergence and many …

[HTML][HTML] Microsporidian Nosema bombycis hijacks host vitellogenin and restructures ovariole cells for transovarial transmission

C Wang, B Yu, X Meng, D Xia, B Pei, X Tang… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular parasites that infect almost all animals,
causing serious human diseases and major economic losses to the farming industry …

Germination of microsporidian spores: The known and unknown

Q Huang, J Chen, Q Lv, M Long, G Pan, Z Zhou - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microsporidia are a large group of mysterious obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites. The
microsporidian spore can survive in the absence of nutrients for years under harsh …

The function and structure of the microsporidia polar tube

B Han, PM Takvorian, LM Weiss - Microsporidia: Current Advances in …, 2022 - Springer
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular pathogens that were initially identified about 160
years ago. Current phylogenetic analysis suggests that they are grouped with Cryptomycota …

The Herbal Supplements NOZEMAT HERB® and NOZEMAT HERB PLUS®: An Alternative Therapy for N. ceranae Infection and Its Effects on Honey Bee Strength …

R Shumkova, R Balkanska, P Hristov - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) are the most effective pollinators for different crops and wild
flowering plants, thus maintaining numerous ecosystems in the world. However, honey bee …

Identification and localization of polar tube proteins in the extruded polar tube of the microsporidian Anncaliia algerae

M Fayet, N Prybylski, ML Collin, E Peyretaillade… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular parasites able to infect a wide range of hosts from
invertebrates to vertebrates. The success of their invasion process is based on an original …

RNA interference-mediated knockdown of genes encoding spore wall proteins confers protection against Nosema ceranae infection in the european honey bee, Apis …

N He, Y Zhang, XL Duan, JH Li, WF Huang, JD Evans… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nosema ceranae (Opisthosporidia: Microsporidia) is an emergent intracellular parasite of
the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) and causes serious Nosema disease which has …