Cryptosporidium muris, a rodent pathogen, recovered from a human in Perú.
Cryptosporidium muris, predominantly a rodent species of Cryptosporidium, is not normally considered a human pathogen. Recently, isolated human infections have been reported from Indonesia, Thailand, France, and Kenya. We report the first case of C. muris in a human in the Western Hemisphere. This species may be an emerging zoonotic pathogen capable of infecting humans.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length