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Seropositivity for Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Czech Republic.

Bohumil Sak, Zuzana Kucerova, Martin Kvac, Dana Kvetonova, Michael Rost, and Evan W Secor

Emerg Infect Dis 16(2):335-7 (2010) PMID 20113575

To determine seropositivity for Enterocytozoon bieneusi in the Czech Republic, we tested 115 serum samples from various groups. We found that 20% from HIV-positive persons, 33% from persons with occupational exposure to animals, and 10% from healthy persons were positive by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Proteins of 32 kDa were detected in serum samples from seropositive persons.

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