title: Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in children in Northeast China and assessment of risk of zoonotic transmission.
abstract: The prevalence (7.5%, 19/255) and genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in children of various age categories and clinical presentations were determined herein. The co-occurrence of the known genotypes (CS-4, EbpC, and Henan-IV) in children and pigs in the same study area, the phylogenetic characterization of novel genotypes (NEC1 to NEC5), and the assessment of potential risk factors associated with zoonotic transmission robustly suggested that pigs could be a significant source of human E. bieneusi infections in northeast China.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Jinping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Mingxin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Yijing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Yixin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Yanxue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China neaulw@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021862:Enterocytozoon / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D060005:Genotyping Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016881:Microsporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013552:Swine; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal