First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi from dairy cattle in Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 112-115

  Del Coco, Valeria F ^a,b   Córdoba, María Alejandra ^a,c   Bilbao, Gladys ^d   de Almeida Castro, Pinto ^d   Basualdo, Juan Angel ^a   Santín, Mónica ^e  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cattle; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Genotype; Microsporidia; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BOS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

ARGENTINA; CATTLE; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; GENOTYPE; MICROSPORIDIA; PCR;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 84888328385     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.09.024     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Abu Samra N., Thompson P.N., Jori F., Zhang H., Xiao L. Enterocytozoon bieneusi at the wildlife/livestock interface of the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Vet. Parasitol. 2012, 190:587-590.
2. Buckholt M.A., Lee J.H., Tzipori S. Prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in swine: an 18-month survey at a slaughterhouse in Massachusetts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2002, 68:2595-2599.
3. Bern C., Kawai V., Vargas D., Rabke-Verani J., Williamson J., Chavez-Valdez R., Xiao L., Sulaiman I., Vivar A., Ticona E., Navincopa M., Cama V., Moura H., Secor W.E., Visvesvara G., Gilman R.H. The epidemiology of intestinal microsporidiosis in patients with HIV/AIDS in Lima, Peru. J. Infect. Dis. 2005, 191:1658-1664.
4. Cama V.A., Pearson J., Cabrera L., Pacheco L., Gilman R., Meyer S., Ortega Y., Xiao L. Transmission of Enterocytozoon bieneusi between a child and guinea pigs. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007, 45:2708-2710.
5. Didier E.S., Weiss L.M. Microsporidiosis: current status. Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2006, 19:485-492.
6. Didier E.S., Weiss L.M. Microsporidiosis: not just in AIDS patients. Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2011, 24:490-495.
7. Fayer R., Santín M., Trout J.M. First detection of microsporidia in dairy calves in North America. Parasitol. Res. 2003, 90:383-386.
8. Fayer R., Santín M., Dargatz D. Species of Cryptosporidium detected in weaned cattle on cow-calf operations in the United States. Vet. Parasitol. 2010, 170:187-192.
9. Lee J.H. Prevalence and molecular characteristics of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in cattle in Korea. Parasitol. Res. 2007, 101:391-396.
10. Lee J.H. Molecular detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and identification of a potentially human-pathogenic genotype in milk. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2008, 74:1664-1666.
11. Nissapatorn V., Sawangjaroen N. Parasitic infections in HIV infected individuals: diagnostic & therapeutic challenges. Indian J. Med. Res. 2011, 134:878-897.
12. Reetz J., Nöckler K., Reckinger S., Vargas M.M., Weiske W., Broglia A. Identification of Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype III and two novel genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in swine. Parasitol. Int. 2009, 58:285-292.
13. Rinder H., Thomschke A., Dengjel B., Gothe R., Löscher T., Zahler M. Close genotypic relationship between Enterocytozoon bieneusi from humans and pigs and first detection in cattle. J. Parasitol. 2000, 86:185-188.
14. Santín M., Fayer R. Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype nomenclature based on the internal transcribed spacer sequence: a consensus. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 2009, 56:34-38.
15. Smith H. Diagnostics. Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis 2008, 173-207. CRC Press INC, Boca Raton, FL. 2nd ed. X. Fayer (Ed.).
16. Santín M., Trout J.M., Fayer R. Prevalence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in post-weaned dairy calves in the eastern United States. Parasitol. Res. 2004, 93:287-289.
17. Santín M., Vecino J.A., Fayer R. A zoonotic genotype of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in horses. J. Parasitol. 2010, 96:157-161.
18. Sulaiman I.M., Fayer R., Lal A.A., Trout J.M., Schaefer F.W., Xiao L. Molecular characterization of microsporidia indicates that wild mammals Harbor host-adapted Enterocytozoon spp. as well as human-pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003, 69:4495-4501.
19. Zhang X., Wang Z., Su Y., Liang X., Sun X., Peng S., Lu H., Jiang N., Yin J., Xiang M., Chen Q. Identification and genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in China. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2011, 49:2006-2008.