Kvac Martin, Hofmannova Lada, Ortega Ynes, Holubova Nikola, Horcickova Michaela, Kicia Marta, Hlaskova Lenka, Kvetonova Dana, Sak Bohumil, McEvoy John
Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Folia Parasitol (Praha). 2017 Dec 6;64:2017.034. doi: 10.14411/fp.2017.034.
Faecal samples were collected from cats kept as pets (n = 120) and stray cats (n = 135) in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia) and screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia intestinalis (Kunstler, 1882), Encephalitozoon spp. and Enterocytozoon bieneusi Desportes, Le Charpentier, Galian, Bernard, Cochand-Priollet, Lavergne, Ravisse et Modigliani, 1985 by PCR analysis of the small-subunit of rRNA (Cryptosporidium spp. and G. intestinalis) and ITS (microsporidia) genes. Sequence analysis of targeted genes revealed the presence of C. felis Iseki, 1979, G. intestinalis assemblage F, E. cuniculi Levaditi, Nicolau et Schoen, 1923 genotype II, and E. bieneusi genotype D. There was no correlation between the occurrence of detected parasites and sex, presence of diarrhoea or drug treatment (drug containing pyrantel and praziquantel). Compared to pet cats (7%), stray cats (30%) were statistically more frequently infected with protist parasites and overall may present a greater risk to human health.
在中欧(捷克共和国、波兰和斯洛伐克)采集了作为宠物饲养的猫(n = 120)和流浪猫(n = 135)的粪便样本,通过对核糖体RNA小亚基(隐孢子虫属和贾第鞭毛虫)和ITS(微孢子虫)基因进行PCR分析,筛查是否存在隐孢子虫属、肠贾第虫(Kunstler,1882)、脑胞内原虫属和比氏肠胞微孢子虫Desportes、Le Charpentier、Galian、Bernard、Cochand-Priollet、Lavergne、Ravisse及Modigliani,1985。对目标基因的序列分析显示存在猫隐孢子虫Iseki,1979、肠贾第虫F群、兔脑胞内原虫Levaditi、Nicolau及Schoen,1923基因型II,以及比氏肠胞微孢子虫基因型D。检测到的寄生虫的出现与性别、腹泻的存在或药物治疗(含吡喹酮和噻嘧啶的药物)之间没有相关性。与宠物猫(7%)相比,流浪猫(30%)感染原生动物寄生虫的频率在统计学上更高,总体而言可能对人类健康构成更大风险。