Transmission of Enterocytozoon bieneusi between a child and guinea pigs

Vitaliano A. Cama; Julie Pearson; Lilia Cabrera; Luz Pacheco; Robert Gilman; Sarah Meyer; Ynes Ortega; Lihua Xiao

doi:10.1128/JCM.00725-07

Transmission of Enterocytozoon bieneusi between a child and guinea pigs

Vitaliano A. Cama, Julie Pearson, Lilia Cabrera, Luz Pacheco, Robert Gilman, Sarah Meyer, Ynes Ortega, Lihua Xiao

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

An unusual Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotype was found in seven guinea pigs and a 2-year-old child in the same household. The genetic uniqueness of the parasite, its wide occurrence in other guinea pigs in the community, and its absence in other children in the community suggest the possibility of zoonotic transmission of the infection to the study child.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2708-2710
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	45
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00725-07
State	Published - Aug 2007

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