Seropositivity for Enterocytozoon Bieneusi, Czech Republic

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2010 Feb 2

PMID 20113575

Citations 13

Authors

Bohumil Sak

Zuzana Kucerova

Martin Kvac

Dana Kvetonova

Michael Rost

Evan W Secor

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

To determine seropositivity for Enterocytozoon bieneusi in the Czech Republic, we tested 115 serum samples from various groups. We found that 20% from HIV-positive persons, 33% from persons with occupational exposure to animals, and 10% from healthy persons were positive by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Proteins of 32 kDa were detected in serum samples from seropositive persons.

Citing Articles

a human pathogen.

Nourrisson C, Lavergne R, Moniot M, Morio F, Poirier P Emerg Microbes Infect. 2024; 13(1):2406276.

PMID: 39286988 PMC: 11428314. DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2024.2406276.

Increased levels of anti-Encephalitozoon intestinalis antibodies in patients with colorectal cancer.

Nourrisson C, Moniot M, Vercruysse L, Bonnin V, Pereira B, Barnich N PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024; 18(9):e0012459.

PMID: 39250479 PMC: 11412658. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012459.

Global prevalence and risk factors of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wang Y, Li X, Yang X, Wang X, Wei Y, Cai Y Parasite. 2024; 31:9.

PMID: 38345479 PMC: 10860563. DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2024007.

Microsporidia (Encephalitozoon cuniculi) in Patients with Degenerative Hip and Knee Disease, Czech Republic.

Sak B, Gottliebova P, Nycova E, Holubova N, Fenclova J, Kicia M Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(3):469-477.

PMID: 38289719 PMC: 10902539. DOI: 10.3201/eid3003.231263.

Chronic Infections in Mammals Due to Microsporidia.

Sak B, Kvac M Exp Suppl. 2022; 114:319-371.

PMID: 35544008 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93306-7_12.

References

van Gool T, Vetter J, Weinmayr B, van Dam A, Derouin F, Dankert J . High seroprevalence of Encephalitozoon species in immunocompetent subjects. J Infect Dis. 1997; 175(4):1020-4. DOI: 10.1086/513963. View

van Gool T, Biderre C, Delbac F, Wentink-Bonnema E, Peek R, Vivares C . Serodiagnostic studies in an immunocompetent individual infected with Encephalitozoon cuniculi. J Infect Dis. 2004; 189(12):2243-9. DOI: 10.1086/421117. View

Weber R, Deplazes P, Schwartz D . Diagnosis and clinical aspects of human microsporidiosis. Contrib Microbiol. 2000; 6:166-92. DOI: 10.1159/000060360. View

Deplazes P, Mathis A, Weber R . Epidemiology and zoonotic aspects of microsporidia of mammals and birds. Contrib Microbiol. 2000; 6:236-60. DOI: 10.1159/000060363. View

Sobottka I, Schwartz D, Schottelius J, Visvesvara G, Pieniazek N, Schmetz C . Prevalence and clinical significance of intestinal microsporidiosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with and without diarrhea in Germany: a prospective coprodiagnostic study. Clin Infect Dis. 1998; 26(2):475-80. DOI: 10.1086/516328. View

Molina J, Sarfati C, Beauvais B, Lemann M, Lesourd A, Ferchal F . Intestinal microsporidiosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea: prevalence and clinical and biologic features. J Infect Dis. 1993; 167(1):217-21. DOI: 10.1093/infdis/167.1.217. View

Kucerova Z, Moura H, Leitch G, Sriram R, Bern C, Kawai V . Purification of Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores from stool specimens by gradient and cell sorting techniques. J Clin Microbiol. 2004; 42(7):3256-61. PMC: 446316. DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3256-3261.2004. View

Didier E, Weiss L . Microsporidiosis: current status. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2006; 19(5):485-92. PMC: 3109650. DOI: 10.1097/01.qco.0000244055.46382.23. View

Cotte L, Rabodonirina M, Piens M, Perreard M, Mojon M, Trepo C . Prevalence of intestinal protozoans in French patients infected with HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (1988). 1993; 6(9):1024-9. View

10.

Sak B, Kvac M, Hanzlikova D, Cama V . First report of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection on a pig farm in the Czech Republic. Vet Parasitol. 2008; 153(3-4):220-4. DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.043. View

11.

Wichro E, Hoelzl D, Krause R, Bertha G, Reinthaler F, Wenisch C . Microsporidiosis in travel-associated chronic diarrhea in immune-competent patients. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005; 73(2):285-7. View

12.

Coyle C, Wittner M, Kotler D, Noyer C, Orenstein J, Tanowitz H . Prevalence of microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon (Septata) intestinalis among patients with AIDS-related diarrhea: determination by polymerase chain reaction to the microsporidian small-subunit rRNA gene. Clin Infect Dis. 1996; 23(5):1002-6. DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.5.1002. View

13.

Del Aguila C, Rueda C, de la Camara C, Fenoy S . Seroprevalence of anti-Encephalitozoon antibodies in Spanish immunocompetent subjects. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2002; Suppl:75S-78S. DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2001.tb00459.x. View

14.

Lores B, Lopez-Miragaya I, Arias C, Fenoy S, Torres J, Del Aguila C . Intestinal microsporidiosis due to Enterocytozoon bieneusi in elderly human immunodeficiency virus--negative patients from Vigo, Spain. Clin Infect Dis. 2002; 34(7):918-21. DOI: 10.1086/339205. View

15.

Ditrich O . The serological surveillance of several groups of patients using antigens of Encephalitozoon hellem and E. cuniculi antibodies to microsporidia in patients. Folia Parasitol (Praha). 1998; 45(2):108-12. View