| Autor: |
Graczyk, DaSilva, Cranfield, Nizeyi, Kalema, Pieniazek |
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Parasitology Research; May2001, Vol. 87 Issue 5, p368-370, 3p |
| Abstrakt: |
For behavioral research and due to growing ecotourism, some populations of free-ranging mountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei) have become habituated to humans. Molecular analysis of two Cryptosporidium sp. oocyst isolates originating from two human-habituated gorilla groups and two oocyst isolates from non-habituated gorillas yielded positive identification of C. parvum Genotype 2 (G2; i.e., "cattle", "animal-adapted", or "zoonotic"). As G2 is cross-transmissible between humans and animals, C. parvum infections can be propagated in the habitats of human-habituated, free-ranging gorillas through both zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission cycles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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