...And now microsporidiosis
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Microsporidiosis may be growing in importance as a cause of opportunistic infection in HIV-infected people. Infection with microsporidia was rare before the development of AIDS. Microsporidiosis may affect the gastrointestinal tract, as the main symptoms are diarrhea and wasting. Microsporidia may be found in insects, fish, and mammals, and six different forms have been found in humans. Some of the forms can be cultured in the laboratory, but one of the most important forms causing microsporidiosis in humans, Enterocytozoon (E.) bieneusi, has not been. E. bieneusi has been identified in people with functioning immune systems as well as in AIDS patients. The factors causing microsporidian infection in humans are not well understood, and sources of infection in the environment may need to be found.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1995
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Ground work
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Sports surfaces are expensive but installing a sports pitch without first investigating the ground conditions can add greater financial risk for sports operators. Such ground-related problems may include clay swelling or shrinkage, soft ground, slope stability and recompacting excavated soil.
Publication Name: Leisure Management
Subject: Travel industry
ISSN: 0266-9102
Year: 1999
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Oriental carpets
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The Woodmere exhibit was mounted in conjunction with the International Conference on Oriental Carpets in Philadelphia in Nov 1996. Over 130 antique carpets made by Sefavid, Mughal, Mamluk and Ottoman court manufacturers, provincial workshops and villages and tribes were on display.
Publication Name: Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Subject: Home and garden
ISSN: 1084-0818
Year: 1997
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