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Zoonotic Microsporidia in Wild Lagomorphs in Southern Spain by Martínez-Padilla, Anabel; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Magnet, Ãngela; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Izquierdo, Fernando; Camacho-Sillero, Leonor; Jiménez-Ruiz, SaÃol; del Ãguila, Carmen; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio is a Agricultural and Biological Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Zoonotic Microsporidia in Wild Lagomorphs in Southern Spain about?
Microsporidia are obligate intracellular protist-like fungal pathogens that infect a broad range of animal species, including humans. This study aimed to assess the presence of zoonotic microsporidia (Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon intestinalis, Encephalitozoon hellem, and Encephalitozoon cuniculi) in organ meats of European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) consumed by humans in Spain. Between July 2015 and December 2018, kidney samples from 383 wild rabbits and kidney and brain tissues from 79 Iberian hares in southern Spain were tested by species-specific PCR for the detection of microsporidia DNA. Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection was confirmed in three wild rabbits (0.8%; 95% CI: 0.0–1.7%) but not in hares (0.0%; 95% CI: 0.0–4.6%), whereas E. intestinalis DNA was found in one wild rabbit (0.3%; 95% CI: 0.0–0.8%) and three Iberian hares (3.8%; 95% CI: 0.0–8.0%). Neither E. hellem nor E. cuniculi infection were detected in the 462 (0.0%; 95% CI: 0.0–0.8%) lagomorphs analyzed. The absence of E. hellem and E. cuniculi infection suggests a low risk of zoonotic foodborne transmission from these wild lagomorph species in southern Spain
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- Author
- Martínez-Padilla, Anabel; Caballero-Gómez, Javier; Magnet, Ãngela; Gómez-Guillamón, Félix; Izquierdo, Fernando; Camacho-Sillero, Leonor; Jiménez-Ruiz, SaÃol; del Ãguila, Carmen; García-Bocanegra, Ignacio
- Publisher
- MDPI AG; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI); Basel: MDPI AG, 2011- (ISSN 2076-2615)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)