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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Published inApplied and Environmental Microbiology Vol. 73; no. 13; pp. 4357 - 4358
Main Authors 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
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.07.2007
Subjects
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
Cnidosporidia
Protozoa
Vertebrata
Columba livia
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Air
Aves
Pigeon
Contamination
Spores
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Summary: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.
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: (410) 614-4984. Fax: (410) 955-0105. E-mail: tgraczyk@jhsph.edu
ISSN:0099-2240
1098-5336
DOI:10.1128/AEM.00202-07