| Literature DB >> 18342450 |
Bohumil Sak1, Martin Kvác, Dagmar Hanzlíková, Vitaliano Cama.
Abstract
Enterocytozoon bieneusi infects humans and animals and can cause life-threatening diarrhea in immunocompromised people. The routes of transmission and its zoonotic potential are not fully understood. Pigs have been frequently reported to have E. bieneusi; therefore, we surveyed farm-raised pigs in the Czech Republic to determine its presence and genetic diversity. Spores were detected by microscopy in the faeces of 65 out of 79 examined animals (82%). A species-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) identified E. bieneusi in 94% of samples. Genotyping based on the ITS regions of the SSU rRNA gene identified that most pigs were infected with the species-specific genotype F, while two animals had the zoonotic genotype D and two had genotype Peru 9. This is the first report of E. bieneusi in swine in the Czech Republic, and demonstrated that most infections were with pig-specific genotypes. Nonetheless, swine may still play a role in the transmission of E. bieneusi to humans.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18342450 DOI： 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Parasitol ISSN： 0304-4017 Impact factor: 2.738