Harris' hawk ( Parabuteo unicinctus ) as a source of pathogenic human yeasts: a potential risk to human health.
Gustavo DornellesGlauber Ribeiro de Sousa AraújoMarcus RodriguesVinicius AlvesRodrigo C CostaJunior AbreuMaria Helena Galdino Figueiredo-CarvalhoRodrigo Almeida-PaesSusana FrasesPublished in: Future microbiology (2022)
Aim: Invasive human fungal infections have been a serious public health problem among immunocompromised patients. Wild bird species are related to the eco-epidemiology of some infectious diseases, mainly Cryptococcosis, Histoplasmosis, Aspergillosis, Chlamydiosis, Salmonellosis and allergic diseases. Falconry is the art of training predators for hunting. Nowadays, birds of prey are used as pets, which brings new sources of infections to humans. Materials & methods: We identified fungal pathogenic yeasts, Candida parapsilosis , Debaryomyces hansenii and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa . Conclusion: Study new environmental niches of human pathogens is vitally important to establish preventive actions with the purpose of minimizing the risks of human contamination. Our work describes yeast microbiota from the excreta of Parabuteo unicinctus as a potential hazard for human disease.
Keyphrases
- human health
- endothelial cells
- public health
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- pluripotent stem cells
- risk assessment
- climate change
- staphylococcus aureus
- escherichia coli
- drinking water
- end stage renal disease
- hiv infected
- peritoneal dialysis
- intensive care unit
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- antiretroviral therapy
- gram negative
- health risk
- life cycle