Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, 1 Hwayang-dong, Kwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2011 Dec;77(23):8442-4. doi: 10.1128/AEM.05343-11. Epub 2011 Sep 30.
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.
我们从韩国 51 只无症状圈养宠物鹦鹉的粪便样本中检测并鉴定了人致病性微孢子虫的基因型。在 8 个样本中发现了微孢子虫(15.7%);7 只鹦鹉对脑炎微孢子虫呈阳性,1 只鹦鹉对脑炎微孢子虫和兔脑炎微孢子虫均呈阳性。在基因分型鉴定中,脑炎微孢子虫存在于 1A 型和 2B 型,兔脑炎微孢子虫存在于 II 型。宠物鹦鹉可能是人微孢子虫感染的来源。