Microsporidiosis
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PATHOGENS
- Microsporidia are fungi and endoparasites related to Cryptomycota.[5] They are obligate intracellular organisms that spread via spores. Microsporidia behave as protozoa; they possess a defining characteristic called a "polar tube" that coils around the sporoplasm inside of the spore and during germination, the polar tube everts to bring the sporoplasm into contact with the host cell.[12]
- Most commonly identified with human disease:
- Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis) are etiology of majority of infections.
- Encephalitozoon hellem, E. cuniculi
- Vittaforma corneae
- Nosema ocularum
- Trachipleistophora hominis, T. anthropothera
- Anncaliia algerae,[9] A. connori, A. vesicularum
- Pleistophora spp
- Microsporidium spp
- Sources of infection and modes of transmission, likely zoonotic with pigs, cattle, donkeys, birds, and mosquitoes as reservoirs, and/or waterborne.[8]
- Spores are quite resistant to environmental conditions and can persist in environment for years, particularly if protected from desiccation.
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PATHOGENS
- Microsporidia are fungi and endoparasites related to Cryptomycota.[5] They are obligate intracellular organisms that spread via spores. Microsporidia behave as protozoa; they possess a defining characteristic called a "polar tube" that coils around the sporoplasm inside of the spore and during germination, the polar tube everts to bring the sporoplasm into contact with the host cell.[12]
- Most commonly identified with human disease:
- Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis (syn. Septata intestinalis) are etiology of majority of infections.
- Encephalitozoon hellem, E. cuniculi
- Vittaforma corneae
- Nosema ocularum
- Trachipleistophora hominis, T. anthropothera
- Anncaliia algerae,[9] A. connori, A. vesicularum
- Pleistophora spp
- Microsporidium spp
- Sources of infection and modes of transmission, likely zoonotic with pigs, cattle, donkeys, birds, and mosquitoes as reservoirs, and/or waterborne.[8]
- Spores are quite resistant to environmental conditions and can persist in environment for years, particularly if protected from desiccation.
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Last updated: August 12, 2019
Citation
Spacek, Lisa A. "Microsporidiosis." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, 2019. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545132/all/Microsporidiosis.
Spacek LA. Microsporidiosis. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. 2019. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545132/all/Microsporidiosis. Accessed February 9, 2023.
Spacek, L. A. (2019). Microsporidiosis. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545132/all/Microsporidiosis
Spacek LA. Microsporidiosis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. ; 2019. [cited 2023 February 09]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545132/all/Microsporidiosis.
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