DNA Detection and Genotypic Identification of Potentially Human-Pathogenic Microsporidia from Asymptomatic Pet Parrots in South Korea as a Risk Factor for Zoonotic Emergence
| Autor: | Young S. Lyoo, Sung-Seok Lee, So-Young Lee, Hee-Myung Park |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Encephalitozoon hellem Molecular Sequence Data Public Health Microbiology Risk Assessment Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Asymptomatic Feces Parrots Zoonoses DNA Ribosomal Spacer Republic of Korea parasitic diseases medicine Animals Cluster Analysis Humans Risk factor DNA Fungal Encephalitozoon cuniculi Phylogeny Ecology biology Bird Diseases fungi virus diseases Encephalitozoon Pets Sequence Analysis DNA biology.organism_classification Virology Dna detection Asymptomatic Diseases Microsporidia Encephalitozoonosis medicine.symptom Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77:8442-8444 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5336 0099-2240 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/aem.05343-11 |
| Popis: | We detected and identified genotypes of human-pathogenic microsporidia in fecal samples from 51 asymptomatic captive-bred pet parrots in South Korea. Microsporidia were identified in 8 samples (15.7%); 7 parrots tested positive for Encephalitozoon hellem , and 1 parrot tested positive for both E. hellem and Encephalitozoon cuniculi . In genotypic identifications, E. hellem was present in genotypes 1A and 2B and E. cuniculi was present in genotype II. Pet parrots might be a source of human microsporidian infection. |
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