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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2006, p. 7380-7382, Vol. 72, No. 11
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01394-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Identification of Potentially Human-Pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi Genotypes in Various Birds{triangledown}

Maria Luísa Lobo,1 Lihua Xiao,2 Vitaliano Cama,2 Nuno Magalhães,1 Francisco Antunes,3 and Olga Matos1*

Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical/Unidade de Protozoários Oportunistas/VIH e outras Protozooses/UPMM, Rua da Junqueira 96, 1349-008 Lisboa,1 Clinica Universitária de Doenças Infecciosas, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital de Santa Maria, Universidade de Lisboa, Ava Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal,3 Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia2

Received 16 June 2006/ Accepted 21 August 2006

Enterocytozoon bieneusi was detected in 24 of 83 samples from birds of the orders Columbiformes, Passeriformes, and Psittaciformes. It was identical to or closely related to the Peru6 genotype, which was previously found in humans in Peru. Thus, various birds can be a significant source of environmental contamination by potentially human-pathogenic E. bieneusi.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unidade de Protozoários Oportunistas/VIH e outras Protozooses, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira 96, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal. Phone: (351) 21-363-2600. Fax: (351) 21-363-2105. E-mail: omatos{at}ihmt.unl.pt.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 25 August 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2006, p. 7380-7382, Vol. 72, No. 11
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01394-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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