Urban Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) as a Source for Air- and Waterborne Contamination with Enterocytozoon bieneusi Spores

This study demonstrated that a person with 30 min of occupational or nonoccupational exposure to urban feral pigeons, such as exposure through the cleaning of surfaces contaminated with pigeon excrement, could inhale approximately 3.5 x 10³ Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores and that 1.3 x 10³ spores co...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2007-07, Vol.73 (13), p.4357-4358
Hauptverfasser:	Graczyk, Thaddeus K, Sunderland, Deirdre, Rule, Ana M, da Silva, Alexandre J, Moura, Iaci N.S, Tamang, Leena, Girouard, Autumn S, Schwab, Kellogg J, Breysse, Patrick N
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Air Microbiology Animals Biological and medical sciences Birds Columba livia Columbidae - microbiology Contamination DNA, Fungal - genetics DNA, Fungal - isolation & purification Enterocytozoon - genetics Enterocytozoon - isolation & purification Enterocytozoon - pathogenicity Enterocytozoon bieneusi Environmental Exposure Environmental health Feces Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Microbiology Microsporidiosis - etiology Occupational Exposure Parasitic protozoa Public Health Microbiology Risk Factors Spores, Fungal - genetics Spores, Fungal - isolation & purification Spores, Fungal - pathogenicity Urban Health Water Microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	This study demonstrated that a person with 30 min of occupational or nonoccupational exposure to urban feral pigeons, such as exposure through the cleaning of surfaces contaminated with pigeon excrement, could inhale approximately 3.5 x 10³ Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores and that 1.3 x 10³ spores could be inhaled by a nearby person.
ISSN:	0099-2240 1098-5336
DOI:	10.1128/AEM.00202-07