A 12-day-old nestling Gouldian finch (Erythrura [Chloebia] gouldiae) was presented for investigation of a mortality problem in nestling finches raised by Bengalese finch foster parents. On histological examination, large numbers of spores consistent with a microsporidian organism were present within the small intestinal mucosa. Electron microscopy and molecular studies (sequencing the 5' end of the ssu rRNA gene) further defined the organism as Encephalitozoon hellem. Sequence homology with other eukaryotes was determined using a BLASTN search from the NCBI GenBank database. The finch isolate sequences showed greater than 99% homology with those of previously reported human and avian isolates.

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Isolation of free-living amoebae from air samples and an air-conditioner filter in Brisbane.

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Unidentified trematode eggs in faeces of Australian aboriginal children.

In routine surveys for intestinal parasites among Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander populations, eggs of unidentified trematode species have been found in the faeces of three children. In two of these, the eggs appeared to belong to a schistosome, or perhaps monogenean, species, and in the third, they were most likely from a monostome of dugongs. Although these probably represent cases of spurious parasitism, one or more may have been a true infection.

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When does Strongyloides autoinfection become hyperinfection?

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What a louse!

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