| microsporidiosis: enterocytozoon bieneusi in domesticated and wild animals. | microsporidia are a ubiquitous group of obligate intracellular parasites that infect all major animal groups. enterocytozoon bieneusi is the most commonly identified microsporidia in humans and has also been reported worldwide in animals with importance in veterinary medicine (e.g. cats, dogs, horses, cattle and pigs). the identification of e. bieneusi in animals has raised the question of the importance of animal reservoirs in the epidemiology of this pathogen, and the implications of the infec ... | 2011 | 20699192 |
| enterocytozoon bieneusi (microsporidia) in faecal samples from domestic animals from galicia, spain. | in this survey we examined 87 domestic animal stool samples in order to detect the possible presence of microsporidia in animals in close contact with humans in galicia (nw, spain). the detection of enterocytozoon bieneusi spores was confirmed in faecal samples from two dogs and one goat by polymerase chain reaction. none of the positive samples for microsporidia in the staining method were amplified with species-specific primers for encephalitozoon intestinalis, e. hellem and e. cuniculi. four ... | 2002 | 12471418 |
| enterocytozoon bieneusi in animals: rabbits and dogs as new hosts. | | 1999 | 10519225 |
| animal models of human microsporidial infections. | two new models have been described for enterocytozoon bieneusi, non-human primates and immuno-suppressed gnotobiotic pigs, but there still is no successful cell culture system. the intestinal xenograft system holds promise as an animal model for encephalitozoon intestinalis. encephalitozoon hellem is easily propagated in mice, and also may be an important cause of spontaneous disease of psittacine birds. encephalitozoon cuniculi occurs spontaneously in a wide variety of animals and can be induce ... | 1998 | 10090081 |
| dual microsporidial infection with encephalitozoon cuniculi and enterocytozoon bieneusi in an hiv-positive patient. | this report describes the first dual microsporidial infection with encephalitozoon cuniculi and enterocytozoon bieneusi in an hiv-positive patient. in view of clinical and epidemiological findings, our e. cuniculi isolate was deduced to be of the dog strain. the patient's occupational involvement with dogs indicates that canines should be considered as a reservoir of human infections for both microsporidial species. furthermore, our report provides detailed clinical and radiological information ... | 2001 | 11545489 |