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Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals

The involvement of animals for therapeutic purposes has very ancient roots. To date, it is clear that animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), in addition to ensuring the replacement of missing or deficient affects, improves psychophysiological parameters connected to human health. However, AAI could p...

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Autores principales: Santaniello, Antonio, Cimmino, Ilaria, Dipineto, Ludovico, Agognon, Ayewa Lawoe, Beguinot, Francesco, Formisano, Pietro, Fioretti, Alessandro, Menna, Lucia Francesca, Oriente, Francesco
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8430659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34501921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179333
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author Santaniello, Antonio
Cimmino, Ilaria
Dipineto, Ludovico
Agognon, Ayewa Lawoe
Beguinot, Francesco
Formisano, Pietro
Fioretti, Alessandro
Menna, Lucia Francesca
Oriente, Francesco
author_facet Santaniello, Antonio
Cimmino, Ilaria
Dipineto, Ludovico
Agognon, Ayewa Lawoe
Beguinot, Francesco
Formisano, Pietro
Fioretti, Alessandro
Menna, Lucia Francesca
Oriente, Francesco
author_sort Santaniello, Antonio
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description The involvement of animals for therapeutic purposes has very ancient roots. To date, it is clear that animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), in addition to ensuring the replacement of missing or deficient affects, improves psychophysiological parameters connected to human health. However, AAI could potentially present risks related to the transmission of infectious agents from animals to humans. Among these microorganisms, E. cuniculi is a microspore which induces pathological effects (fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, breathlessness, respiratory symptoms, and weakness) in both humans and animals. Consequently, an accurate and fast diagnosis of E. cuniculi infection, as well as the identification of new diagnostic approaches, is of fundamental importance. This literature review was carried out to provide an extensive and comprehensive analysis of the most recent diagnostic techniques to prevent and care for E. cuniculi-associated risks in the AAI field.
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spelling pubmed-84306592021-09-11 Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals Santaniello, Antonio Cimmino, Ilaria Dipineto, Ludovico Agognon, Ayewa Lawoe Beguinot, Francesco Formisano, Pietro Fioretti, Alessandro Menna, Lucia Francesca Oriente, Francesco Int J Environ Res Public Health Review The involvement of animals for therapeutic purposes has very ancient roots. To date, it is clear that animal-assisted interventions (AAIs), in addition to ensuring the replacement of missing or deficient affects, improves psychophysiological parameters connected to human health. However, AAI could potentially present risks related to the transmission of infectious agents from animals to humans. Among these microorganisms, E. cuniculi is a microspore which induces pathological effects (fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, breathlessness, respiratory symptoms, and weakness) in both humans and animals. Consequently, an accurate and fast diagnosis of E. cuniculi infection, as well as the identification of new diagnostic approaches, is of fundamental importance. This literature review was carried out to provide an extensive and comprehensive analysis of the most recent diagnostic techniques to prevent and care for E. cuniculi-associated risks in the AAI field. MDPI 2021-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8430659/ /pubmed/34501921 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179333 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Santaniello, Antonio
Cimmino, Ilaria
Dipineto, Ludovico
Agognon, Ayewa Lawoe
Beguinot, Francesco
Formisano, Pietro
Fioretti, Alessandro
Menna, Lucia Francesca
Oriente, Francesco
Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals
title Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals
title_full Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals
title_fullStr Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals
title_full_unstemmed Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals
title_short Zoonotic Risk of Encephalitozoon cuniculi in Animal-Assisted Interventions: Laboratory Strategies for the Diagnosis of Infections in Humans and Animals
title_sort zoonotic risk of encephalitozoon cuniculi in animal-assisted interventions: laboratory strategies for the diagnosis of infections in humans and animals
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8430659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34501921
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179333
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