| first isolation and characterisation of encephalitozoon cuniculi from a free-ranging rat (rattus norvegicus). | the microsporidian species encephalitozoon cuniculi can infect a wide variety of mammals including man. it is a common parasite in rabbits and several sporadic infections in laboratory rats have been described. based on molecular data three e. cuniculi strains have been identified. here we describe the first in vitro propagation of e. cuniculi, which was isolated from a free-ranging rat (rattus norvegicus). the rat was one of three seropositive animals among 23 rats captured in the city of zuric ... | 2002 | 12163239 |