Survey of AntimicrosporidialAntibodies in Patients with Secondary Immunodeficiency
Authors:
M. Halánová 1; L. Čisláková 1; J. Adam 2; A. Valenčáková 3; P. Bálent 3
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav epidemiológie, Lekárska fakulta UPJŠ, Košice 2II. gynekologicko-pôrodnícka klinika, Lekárska fakulta UPJŠ, Košice 3Univerzita veterinárskeho lekárstva, Košice
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Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. , 2004, č. 2, s. 78-80
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Overview
Microsporidia are a group of eukaryotic obligate intracellular parasites that infect most invertebratesand all classes of vertebrates, including man. In human population, microsporidia are emergingas opportunistic pathogens in immunocompromised patients. Two groups of human sera (318serum samples) were tested by ELISA for the presence of specific antimicrosporidial (anti-Encephalitozoonintestinalis) antibodies. Group 1 included 120 patients with secondary immunodeficiency,group 2 consisted of 198 immunocompetent controls. Anti-Encephalitozoon intestinalis antibodieswere detected in 29 (24.16 %) patients and 20 (10.1 %) immunocompetent controls. Thedifference in prevalence of antibodies against Encephalitozoon intestinalis between the groups wasstatistically significant (P
Key words:
microsporidia – Encephalitozoon intestinalis – immunodeficiency – antibodies – ELISA.
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Hygiene and epidemiology Medical virology Clinical microbiologyArticle was published in
Epidemiology, Microbiology, Immunology
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