title: Identification of potentially human-pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in various birds.
abstract: Enterocytozoon bieneusi was detected in 24 of 83 samples from birds of the orders Columbiformes, Passeriformes, and Psittaciformes. It was identical to or closely related to the Peru6 genotype, which was previously found in humans in Peru. Thus, various birds can be a significant source of environmental contamination by potentially human-pathogenic E. bieneusi.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Protozoários Oportunistas/VIH e outras Protozooses, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 96, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria Luísa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Vitaliano
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cama
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D001717:Birds / Q000145:classification / Q000382:microbiology*; D046092:Columbiformes / Q000382:microbiology; D021862:Enterocytozoon / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005838:Genotype; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000382:microbiology; D011563:Psittaciformes / Q000382:microbiology; D011634:Public Health; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA