Molecular Evidence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Motohiro ISEKI²  Isao KIMATA³  Niichiro ABE¹ 

[1] Department of Microbiology, Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences;Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University;Department of Parasitology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University

关键词: Enterocytozoon bieneusi;    microsporidia;    PCR;    zoonotic parasite;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.71.217

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(23)Cited-By(10)Enterocytozoon bieneusi is an emerging and clinically significant enteric pathogen in humans associated mainly with chronic diarrhea. It has been found in a variety of wild, domestic and companion mammals and birds. To date, epidemiological surveys of E. bieneusi infection in humans, other mammals and birds have been performed in more than 21 countries in Africa, the Americas, Australasia and Europe. In Asia E. bieneusi has been found in India, Thailand, Vietnam and Korea, but it has been quite unclear whether this pathogen is present in Japan. In the present study, we examined 149 DNAs extracted from 45 human (9 of them HIV-positive) and 104 animal fecal samples by PCR. Two dogs and a cat were positive and their genotypes were found to be dog specific and zoonotic (genotype K) types, respectively. Present study is the first record of E. bieneusi in Japan.

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