First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis infection of wild mice in Slovakia

Ann Agric Environ Med. 2015;22(2):251-2. doi: 10.5604/12321966.1152075.

Abstract

Increased risk of zoonotic transmission of the potential human pathogenic species Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon intestinalis and Encephalitozoon cuniculi was detected in wild immunocompetent mice (Mus musculus musculus; n=280). Analysis was conducted with the use of PMP1/PMP2 primers and SYBR Green RT-PCR. Using Real Time PCR and comparing the sequences with sequences in the GenBank, E. bieneusi was detected in 3 samples (1.07 %), E. cuniculi in 1 sample (0.35 %) and E. intestinalis in 1 sample (0.35 %). The results of this report document the low host specificity of detected microsporidia species, and imply the importance of synanthropic rodents as a potential source of human microsporidial infection.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Encephalitozoon / classification
  • Encephalitozoon / genetics
  • Encephalitozoon / isolation & purification*
  • Encephalitozoonosis / epidemiology
  • Encephalitozoonosis / parasitology
  • Encephalitozoonosis / veterinary
  • Enterocytozoon / classification
  • Enterocytozoon / genetics
  • Enterocytozoon / isolation & purification*
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Mice*
  • Microsporidiosis / epidemiology
  • Microsporidiosis / parasitology
  • Microsporidiosis / veterinary*
  • Prevalence
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / veterinary
  • Rodent Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Rodent Diseases / parasitology
  • Rodentia
  • Slovakia / epidemiology