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Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?

SYSNO ASEP	0360094
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: evidence for zoonotic transmission?
Author(s)	Sak, Bohumil (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID} Kváč, Martin (BC-A)_{RID, RID, ORCID} Petrželková, Klára Judita (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID} Květoňová, Dana (BC-A)_SAI Pomajbíková, K. (CZ) Mulama, M. (KE) Kiyang, J. (CM) Modrý, David (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Source Title	Folia Parasitologica. - : Biologické centrum AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0015-5683 Roč. 58, č. 2 (2011), s. 81-86
Number of pages	6 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	Enterocytozoon bieneusi ; Encephalitozoon ; prevalence ; primates ; chimpanzee ; Pan troglodytes ; bonobo ; Pan paniscus ; western gorilla ; Gorilla gorilla
Subject RIV	GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
R&D Projects	GA524/06/0264 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	GA206/09/0927 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
CEZ	AV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
	AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000292484200001
DOI	10.14411/fp.2011.008
Annotation	217 captive great apes (150 chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes; 14 bonobos, Pan paniscus; 53 western gorillas, Gorilla gorilla) and 20 personnel from 13 European zoos and 2 African sanctuaries were sampled and examined in order to determine the occurrence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and species of Encephalitozoon in faecal specimens and to compare the epidemiological situation between zoos and sanctuaries. Microsporidia were detected at all sampling sites – its the 1st report in captive great apes and the 1st record of natural infection with E. hellem in great apes. Sequence analyses of ITS amplicons determined the presence of microsporidia in 87 samples including 13 humans; since 2 cases of simultaneous occurrence of Enc. cuniculi and Ent. bieneusi were identified, 89 full-length ITS sequences were obtained, namely 78 E. cuniculi genotype I, 5 E. cuniculi genotype II, 2 E. hellem 1A and 4 Ent. bieneusi. No Enc. intestinalis-positive samples were identified.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2012

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