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While Infecting Humans Tiny Fungi May Reproduce Sexually
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Medical News Today on 31 October, 2008 01:00:00
 
A fungus called microsporidia that causes chronic diarrhea in AIDS patients,
organ transplant recipients and travelers has been identified as a member of the
family of fungi that have been discovered to reproduce sexually. A team at Duke
University Medical Center has proven that microsporidia are true fungi and that
this species most likely undergoes a form of sexual reproduction during
infection of humans and other host animals.