[Investigation of Microsporidia prevalence with calcofluor white and uvitex 2B chemiluminescence staining methods and molecular analysis of species in diarrheal patients].

Microsporidia, obligate intracellular parasites, were first defined by Nageli in 1857. Microsporidia phylum consists of 200 genus and 1500 species. They have a wide host spectrum including insects, fish, and mammals.