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. 2012 Oct 3;2012:981424. doi: 10.1155/2012/981424

Table 2.

Risk factors associated with Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection.

Risk factor Reference
HIV/AIDS [45, 64, 82, 86, 104]
Low CD4+ T cells count [86]
Younger age [18, 45, 64]
Person-to-person transmission [5, 19, 50, 54]
Injection drugs [86]
Living in rural areas: contact with animals [50]
 Contact with cow dung [50]
 Contact with horses [84]
 Contacts with duck or chicken droppings [48]
 Having been stung by bees, hornets, or wasps [84]
Food: watermelon consumption [48]
Water
 Consumption of nonpiped water [50]
 Hot tub, spa, and occupational contact with water [86]
 Contact with ground, surface, ditch, and crop  irrigation water sources [33, 105107]
Poor sanitation
 Lack of flush toilet [48]
 Lack of garbage collection [48]
 Lack of running water [48]