Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2003)

Cryptosporidium muris, a Rodent Pathogen, Recovered from a Human in Perú

  • Carol J. Palmer,
  • Lihua Xiao,
  • Angélica Terashima,
  • Humberto Guerra,
  • Eduardo Gotuzzo,
  • Gustavo Saldías,
  • J. Alfredo Bonilla,
  • Ling Zhou,
  • Alan Lindquist,
  • Steve J. Upton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0909.030047
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. 1174 – 1176

Abstract

Read online

Cryptosporidium muris, predominantly a rodent species of Cryptosporidium, is not normally considered a human pathogen. Recently, isolated human infections have been reported from Indonesia, Thailand, France, and Kenya. We report the first case of C. muris in a human in the Western Hemisphere. This species may be an emerging zoonotic pathogen capable of infecting humans.

Keywords