Zoonotic Potential of Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Open Access
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 39 (12), 4495-4499
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.12.4495-4499.2001
Abstract
The reservoirs and the modes of transmission of the most frequent microsporidial species in humans, Enterocytozoon bieneusi , are still unknown. We have examined fecal samples of 26 humans and 350 animals from 37 species to find 18 samples containing this parasite from humans, cats, pigs, cattle, and a llama. Genotypic characterization of the internal transcribed spacer of the rRNA gene resulted in 14 different genotypes, 6 of them previously undescribed. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the lack of a transmission barrier between E. bieneusi from humans and animals (cats, pigs, and cattle). Thus, E. bieneusi appears to be a zoonotic pathogen.Keywords
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