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Microsporidia 73

i = Infective Stage
d = Diagnostic Stage

E. hellem
E. cuniculi
E. intestinalis

E. bieneusi
E. intestinalis

Intracellular development of E. bieneusi and E. intestinalis spores.
1 i d 2 3 4 5 6

Enterocytozoon bieneusi

1 i d 2 3 4 5 6

Encephalitozoon intestinalis

Fig. 8.2 Life cycle of microsporidia (Reproduced from https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/microsporidi-
osis/index.html)