Encephalitozoon

Hinney, Barbara, Sak, Bohumil, Joachim, Anja & Kva ́ ̆ c, Martin, 2016, More than a rabbit's tale - Encephalitozoon spp. in wild mammals and birds, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 5 (1), pp. 76-87 : 82

3.2.3. Encephalitozoon in the suborder Rodentia

Rodents comprise about 40% of the mammalian diversity and occupy a wide range of habitats ( Musser and Carleton, 2005). They are generally considered an important reservoir of zoonotic pathogens including microsporidia ( Begon, 2003; Mathis et al., 2005). Although mice and rats are widespread, our current knowledge on the occurrence, prevalence and pathogenicity of Encephalitozoon spp . in wild rodents is very limited ( Table 4). In Europe as well as in Japan up to 34% house mice and up to 19% of voles were tested positive for Encephalitozoon spp . ( Fuehrer et al., 2010; Sak et al., 2011a; Tsukada et al., 2013; Danĭsov ́a et al., 2015).