The opportunistic pathogen Encephalitozoon cuniculi in wild living Murinae and Arvicolinae in Central Europe
Language English Country Germany Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
30825553
DOI
10.1016/j.ejop.2019.02.004
PII: S0932-4739(18)30117-2
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Microsporidia, Molecular analysis, Small rodents,
- MeSH
- Arvicolinae parasitology MeSH
- Animals, Wild MeSH
- Encephalitozoon cuniculi * classification MeSH
- Encephalitozoonosis epidemiology MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer genetics MeSH
- Murinae parasitology MeSH
- Rodent Diseases epidemiology MeSH
- Polymerase Chain Reaction MeSH
- Prevalence MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Europe epidemiology MeSH
- Names of Substances
- DNA, Ribosomal Spacer MeSH
Encephalitozoon spp. is an obligate intracellular microsporidian parasite that infects a wide range of mammalian hosts, including humans. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Encephalitozoon spp. in wild living rodents from Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Faecal and spleen samples were collected from individuals of Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus sylvaticus, and Myodes glareolus (n = 465) and used for DNA extraction. PCR, targeting the ITS region of the rRNA gene was performed. The overall prevalence of microsporidia was 15.1%. The occurrence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in the abovementioned host species of rodents has been presented for the first time, with the highest infection rate recorded for A. flavicollis. Sequence analysis showed that the most frequent species was E. cuniculi genotype II (92.5%). E. cuniculi genotypes I (1.5%) and III (6.0%) were also identified.
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Chronic Infections in Mammals Due to Microsporidia