Discovery of microbe in roundworm provides animal model for 'emerging pathogen'

Microsporidia are single-celled parasites that are capable of causing infections in humans - primarily people with compromised immune systems, such as those infected with HIV or who have undergone organ transplants. An article in this week's issue of PLoS Biology documents a newly discovered species of microsporidia, which infects C. elegans, the round worm used as a model system by developmental biologists...

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