Lobo Maria Luísa, Xiao Lihua, Cama Vitaliano, Magalhães Nuno, Antunes Francisco, Matos Olga
Unidade de Protozoários Oportunistas/VIH e outras Protozooses, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 96, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Nov;72(11):7380-2. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01394-06. Epub 2006 Aug 25.
Enterocytozoon bieneusi was detected in 24 of 83 samples from birds of the orders Columbiformes, Passeriformes, and Psittaciformes. It was identical to or closely related to the Peru6 genotype, which was previously found in humans in Peru. Thus, various birds can be a significant source of environmental contamination by potentially human-pathogenic E. bieneusi.
在来自 Columbiformes、Passeriformes 和 Psittaciformes 目鸟类的 83 个样本中,有 24 个检测到了微小隐孢子虫。它与秘鲁 6 基因型相同或密切相关,该基因型先前在秘鲁的人类中发现。因此,各种鸟类可能是潜在的人兽共患微小隐孢子虫对环境污染的重要来源。