Hosts and diseases associated with Microsporidia

Organism	Nonhuman species	Disease	HIV	Non-HIV
Enterocytozooan bieneusi	Pigs, primates	Intestinal, hepatobiliary	+	+
Encephalitozooan intestinalis (Septata intestinalis)	Some mammals	Disseminated	+	+/-
Encephalitozooan hellem	Parakeets	Disseminated	+	-
Encephalitozooan cuniculi	Rabbits, mice, cats, foxes, dogs	Corneal stroma	+	+
Nosema connori	-	Disseminated	+	-
Nosema ocularum	-	Corneal stroma	+	+
Nosema-like species	-	Corneal stroma	+	+
Trachipleistophora hominis	-	Skeletal muscle, nasal sinuses	+	-
Trachipleistophora antropophtera	-	Disseminated
Pleistophora spp	Fish	Skeletal muscle	+	+
Vittaforma corneae (Nosema corneae)	-	Corneal stroma	+	+
Microsporidum spp (species not fully classified)	-	Disseminated

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