Serological screening of selected microsporidia in HPV-positive women
-
Jozef Adam
,
Monika Halánová
Abstract
Microsporidiosis is considered to be emerging opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals worldwide. The aim of this study was to identify the specific serum antibodies to intestinal microsporidia Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis in women with Human Papillomavirus HPV and without HPV by the indirect immunofluorescence (IFA). From total number of 669 examined women, 225 were HPV positive and 444 women HPV negative. Overall the study comprised of 10.8% women with positive result for presence of E. cuniculi antibodies. In group 1 (HPV-positive women) it was more than 28% and in group 2 (HPV-negative women) it was less than 2% (p<0.001). E. intestinalis infection was found in total of 4.48% women, in group 1 it was present in less than 6% and in group 2 in less than 4% of women.
References
Dascomb K., Frazer T., Clark R.A., Kissinger P., Didier E., 2000. Microsporidiosis and HIV. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficienty Syndromes, 24, 290-292Search in Google Scholar
Didier P., Shadduck J. A. 1998. Modulated immune responsiveness associated with experimental Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in BALB/c mice. Laboraory Animal Science, 38, 680-684Search in Google Scholar
Franka R., Švrček Š., Suli J., Beníšek Z., Maďar M., Hipíková V., Levkutová M., Závadová J., Ondrejková A., Ondrejka R., Levkut M., Révajová V. 2006. Influence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi experimental infection on the antirabies immunity. Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy. 50, 309-313 Search in Google Scholar
Gissman L. 1997. Immunologic responses to human papillomavirus infection. Obstetrics Gynecology, 90, 7-11 Search in Google Scholar
Chalupský J., Vávra J., Bedrník P. 1973. Detection of antibodies to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in rabbits by the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test. Folia Parasitologica, 20, 281-284Search in Google Scholar
Levkutová M., Revajová V., Levkut M. 1998. Subpopulations of lymphocytes in cattle naturally infected with papillomavirus. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 46, 13-18Search in Google Scholar
Mohanty K.C., Roy R.V. 1984. Thymus derived lymphocyte (T-cells) in patients with genital warts. Br. Journal of Veneral Disease, 60, 186-188Search in Google Scholar
Moretto M., Durrel B., Khan A.I., Casicotti L. 2000. Lack of CD4+ T cells does not affect induction of CD8+ T cell immunity against Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection, Infection & Immunity, 68, 6223-6232Search in Google Scholar
Moretto M., Weiss L.M., Khan I.A. 2004. Induction of a rapid and strong antigen-specific intraepithelial lymphocyte response during oral Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection, Journal of Immunology, 172, 4402-4409Search in Google Scholar
Orenstein J.M. 2003. Diagnostic pathology of microsporidiosis. Ultrastructural Pathology, 27, 141-149Search in Google Scholar
Shearer G.M., Berstein C.D., Tung S.K., Via C.S., Redfield R., Salahuddin S.Z., Gallo R.C. 1986. A model for selective loss of major histocompatibility complex self restricted T cell immune response during the development of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Journal of Immunology, 137, 2514-2521Search in Google Scholar
Valencakova A., Balent P., Malcekova B., Lesnik F., Halanova M., Hipikova V. 2002. Comparison of mammalian microsporidia species replication in various cell lines. Biologia, 57, 773-776Search in Google Scholar
Valencakova A., Revajova V., Bálent P., Lešník F., Levkut M. 2003. Immunosuppressive effect of Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy. 47, 113-120Search in Google Scholar
© 2015
Articles in the same Issue
- The use of phytotherapy in diseases caused by parasitic protozoa
- Parasite communities of the elongate tigerfish Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819) and redbelly tilapia Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) from Lake Turkana, Kenya: influence of host sex and size
- Molecular detection of Dirofilaria immitis, Hepatozoon canis, Babesia spp., Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs on Costa Rica
- Predominance of Cryptosporidium parvum genotype among diarrheic children from Egypt as an indicator for zoonotic transmission
- Wild boar density drives Metastrongylus infection in earthworm
- The effect of trematode parthenites on the individual fecundity of Bithynia troscheli (Prosobranchia: Bithyniidae)
- Serological screening of selected microsporidia in HPV-positive women
- Cloning and expression of apyrase gene from Ancylostoma caninum in Escherechia coli
- Biological and molecular characterization of a Trypanosoma cruzi isolate obtained from Panstrongylus megistus captured in Sao Paulo State, Brazil
- A new Gyrodactylus strain on brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Jänisjärvi, Russian Karelia, and a literature revision of salmonid parasites of the genus Gyrodactylus in North-Western Russia and adjacent areas
- Phylogeography analysis and molecular evolution patterns of the nematode parasite Heligmosomum mixtum based on mitochondrial DNA sequences
- Risk of human toxocarosis in Poland due to Toxocara infection of dogs and cats
- The in vitro antimalarial interaction of 9-hydroxycalabaxanthone and α-mangostin with mefloquine/artesunate
- New species of Oswaldofilaria (Nematoda; Filarioidea; Onchocercidae) and other helminths in Acanthosaura cardamomensis (Sauria; Agamidae) from Indochina Peninsula
- The pathogenic role of Blastocystis isolated from patients with irritable bowel syndrome and colitis from Iasi, Romania
- Population dynamic of two digenean species parasitizing the grass shrimp Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili 1901 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in a lentic environment from Argentina
- Two new Dactylogyrus species (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) D. angorae and D. turcicus from Capoeta angorae and C. mauricii endemic fishes in Turkey
- First record of Toxoplasma gondii in Chaetophractus villosus in Argentina
- New morphological data and first description of gravid female of Cucullanus bagre Petter, 1974 (Seuratoidea: Cucullanidae) from Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) off Brazil
- Further studies on Toxascaris leonina (Linstow, 1902) (Ascaridida: Ascarididae) from Felis lynx (Linnaeus) and Panthera leo (Linnaeus) (Carnivora: Felidae)
- Parasitism underground: lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) along its coastal distribution in Argentina
- Buxtonellosis and coccidiosis of cattles in Northern Serbia
- Effect of structurally related flavonoids from Zuccagnia punctata Cav. on Caenorhabditis elegans
- Coccidia in passerines from the Nevado de Toluca National Park, Mexico
- 10.1515/ap-2015-0025
Articles in the same Issue
- The use of phytotherapy in diseases caused by parasitic protozoa
- Parasite communities of the elongate tigerfish Hydrocynus forskahlii (Cuvier 1819) and redbelly tilapia Tilapia zillii (Gervais 1848) from Lake Turkana, Kenya: influence of host sex and size
- Molecular detection of Dirofilaria immitis, Hepatozoon canis, Babesia spp., Anaplasma platys and Ehrlichia canis in dogs on Costa Rica
- Predominance of Cryptosporidium parvum genotype among diarrheic children from Egypt as an indicator for zoonotic transmission
- Wild boar density drives Metastrongylus infection in earthworm
- The effect of trematode parthenites on the individual fecundity of Bithynia troscheli (Prosobranchia: Bithyniidae)
- Serological screening of selected microsporidia in HPV-positive women
- Cloning and expression of apyrase gene from Ancylostoma caninum in Escherechia coli
- Biological and molecular characterization of a Trypanosoma cruzi isolate obtained from Panstrongylus megistus captured in Sao Paulo State, Brazil
- A new Gyrodactylus strain on brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Jänisjärvi, Russian Karelia, and a literature revision of salmonid parasites of the genus Gyrodactylus in North-Western Russia and adjacent areas
- Phylogeography analysis and molecular evolution patterns of the nematode parasite Heligmosomum mixtum based on mitochondrial DNA sequences
- Risk of human toxocarosis in Poland due to Toxocara infection of dogs and cats
- The in vitro antimalarial interaction of 9-hydroxycalabaxanthone and α-mangostin with mefloquine/artesunate
- New species of Oswaldofilaria (Nematoda; Filarioidea; Onchocercidae) and other helminths in Acanthosaura cardamomensis (Sauria; Agamidae) from Indochina Peninsula
- The pathogenic role of Blastocystis isolated from patients with irritable bowel syndrome and colitis from Iasi, Romania
- Population dynamic of two digenean species parasitizing the grass shrimp Palaemonetes argentinus Nobili 1901 (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) in a lentic environment from Argentina
- Two new Dactylogyrus species (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) D. angorae and D. turcicus from Capoeta angorae and C. mauricii endemic fishes in Turkey
- First record of Toxoplasma gondii in Chaetophractus villosus in Argentina
- New morphological data and first description of gravid female of Cucullanus bagre Petter, 1974 (Seuratoidea: Cucullanidae) from Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) off Brazil
- Further studies on Toxascaris leonina (Linstow, 1902) (Ascaridida: Ascarididae) from Felis lynx (Linnaeus) and Panthera leo (Linnaeus) (Carnivora: Felidae)
- Parasitism underground: lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Ctenomys talarum (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) along its coastal distribution in Argentina
- Buxtonellosis and coccidiosis of cattles in Northern Serbia
- Effect of structurally related flavonoids from Zuccagnia punctata Cav. on Caenorhabditis elegans
- Coccidia in passerines from the Nevado de Toluca National Park, Mexico
- 10.1515/ap-2015-0025
