Palmer Carol J, Xiao Lihua, Terashima Angélica, Guerra Humberto, Gotuzzo Eduardo, Saldías Gustavo, Bonilla J Alfredo, Zhou Ling, Lindquist Alan, Upton Steve J
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2003 Sep;9(9):1174-6. doi: 10.3201/eid0909.030047.
Cryptosporidium muris, predominantly a rodent species of Cryptosporidium, is not normally considered a human pathogen. Recently, isolated human infections have been reported from Indonesia, Thailand, France, and Kenya. We report the first case of C. muris in a human in the Western Hemisphere. This species may be an emerging zoonotic pathogen capable of infecting humans.
微小隐孢子虫主要是一种寄生于啮齿动物的隐孢子虫，通常不被视为人类病原体。最近，在印度尼西亚、泰国、法国和肯尼亚均有人类感染该寄生虫的病例报道。我们报告了西半球首例人类感染微小隐孢子虫的病例。该物种可能是一种新出现的可感染人类的人畜共患病原体。
