[Gpdd] HEALTH More about e.cuniculi

[warmbreath at comcast.net]

Dear Penny   This article isn't dated but contains references from the 
1970's up to 2004 being the latest, so its an early article, BUT, it shows 
increasing awareness of the problem over that time.  It doesn't really get 
into a cure except to mention problems with one of the drugs causing failure 
of bone marrow.  the first page mentions piggies, and people, plus dogs etc 
read this  from your article as follows
"The first mammalian infections were described in rabbits in the 1920's, and 
the infection was recognized in humans in the 1950's, with increasing 
reports during the 1980's related to the AIDS pandemic. Microsporidia are 
now also thought to be a cause of diarrhoea in children and travellers 
E.cuniculi may also be found in other mammal species, including rodents, 
guinea pigs, foxes, monkeys, cats, dogs, sheep, goats, pigs, llamas and 
snakes in  1979,  in 1985, 1993,  2003. " I clipped the references for 
brevity but left the date, but they are in the main article

" It is likely that E. cuniculi infections in rabbits pose a zoonotic risk 
to immunocompromised humans. Close contact between owners and susceptible 
pet species could lead to an increase in human exposure to the parasite. 
Infection in humans is thought to be from the environment following 
contamination with spores from other infected humans or animals. "  This 
zoonotic effect (Bun to human infection) may be scary to some, but on my 2 
years of reading etherbun I never heard this identified or worried about.

The main value is it tells how to make the titre test useful by taking 2 
tests 4 weeks apart, and of course that a high titre with active symptoms 
indicates an active infection, it also points out that a bun can be a 
carrier or may have just been exposed. Also the percentage of rabbits 
infected over time goes up, and newer articles than this one place it as 
much as 80% in some populations

I was happy /relieved to see on the first run through it didn't contradict 
anything I said, except with the possibility that 2 titre test may shed more 
light on whether there is an active or developing infection, which was a 
learning point for me.The articles on www.medirabbit.com and www.rabbit.info 
are newer but not so explicit in some areas but in others give more specific 
details on symptoms and treatments

After that first mention of guinea pigs it doesn't talk about them again and 
its weak on symptomology and current treatment, in buns and nothing about 
pigs. So again, if it happens with any frequency in piggies it may be us 
that can find it . I'm sure more will come up on further read, thank you for 
adding to out knowledge base, well done.  Sandy