The first report on natural Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. infections in wild East-European House Mice (Mus musculus musculus) and West-European House Mice (M. m. domesticus) in a hybrid zone across the Czech Republic–Germany border

0354555 - ÚBO 2012 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Sak, Bohumil - Kváč, Martin - Květoňová, Dana - Albrecht, Tomáš - Piálek, Jaroslav
The first report on natural Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp. infections in wild East-European House Mice (Mus musculus musculus) and West-European House Mice (M. m. domesticus) in a hybrid zone across the Czech Republic–Germany border.
Veterinary Parasitology. Roč. 178, 3-4 (2011), s. 246-250. ISSN 0304-4017. E-ISSN 1873-2550
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA206/08/0640
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518; CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : Enterocytozoon bieneusi * Encephalitozoon spp. * Prevalence * Wild mice * House Mice
Subject RIV: EG - Zoology
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To determine the occurrence of potentially human pathogenic microsporidia (Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon spp.) in wild mice, we examined 289 East-European House Mice (Mus musculus musculus) and West-European House Mice (M. m. domesticus) trapped at 74 localities in an area across the Czech–German border. Microsporidia were detected at 33 localities, in 34% of M. m. musculus and 33% of M. m. domesticus examined specimens. The natural infection of E. hellem has never been recorded in mice before. 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.
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