title: First detection and genotyping of human-associated microsporidia in wild waterfowl of Slovakia.
abstract: A total of 47 avian faecal samples of wild waterfowl (great cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo, great crested grebe - Podiceps cristatus, white stork - Ciconia ciconia) trapped in the eastern Slovakia were screened for the presence of human pathogenic microsporidia by microscopy and real-time SYBR Green PCR method using species primers and sequenced. Microscopic analysis showed presence in 32 samples (29 cormorants, 3 dippers). Microsporidial DNA (Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype I) was identified in 19 faeces samples (40.4%) namely cormorants in 17 out of 40, one dipper of 5 and a stork out of 2. The present work describes three new host species of the bird population in microsporidium Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype I which confirms the theory of low specificity of this species.
authors: Department of Biology and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy in Košice, Komenského 73, 041 81, Košice, Slovakia.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Malčeková
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Valenčáková
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Molnár
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kočišová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D016814:Microsporidia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018154:Slovakia / Q000453:epidemiology