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Survey for Zoonotic Microsporidian Pathogens in Wild Living Urban Rooks ( Corvus frugilegus )
Author(s) -
PerecMatysiak Agnieszka,
Wesołowska Maria,
Leśniańska Kinga,
BuńkowskaGawlik Katarzyna,
Hildebrand Joanna,
Kicia Marta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/jeu.12402
Subject(s) - microsporidia , biology , microsporidiosis , enterocytozoon bieneusi , zoology , encephalitozoon cuniculi , transmission (telecommunications) , ecology , spore , microbiology and biotechnology , electrical engineering , engineering
Microsporidia are opportunistic pathogens in nature infecting all animal phyla. There is a potential risk of microsporidian spores transmission from urban rooks inhabiting some metropolitan cities to people through casual interactions. The aim of this study was to identify microsporidia species in the droppings of rooks in Wroclaw, Poland. A total of 15 collective sets of droppings were examined using nested‐ PCR method. Amplification of ITS rRNA gene revealed the presence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi D, Peru 6, and Encephalitozoon hellem 1A genotypes. This study indicates that excreta of urban rooks can be an important source of human infection with these pathogens.