Frequent occurrence of human-associated microsporidia in fecal droppings of urban pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 7056-7058

  Bart, Aldert ^a   Wentink Bonnema, Ellen M ^a   Heddema, Edou R ^a,c   Buijs, Jan ^b   Van Gool, Tom ^a,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c Maaslandziekenhuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSTERDAM; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FECAL SAMPLES; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MICROSPORIDIA; NETHERLANDS;

PROTOZOA;

DNA;

BREEDING SEASON; FECES; FUNGUS; GAMEBIRD; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROSPORUM; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DNA, FUNGAL; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

COLUMBA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 55949134308     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01429-08     Document Type: Article

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