Cryptosporidium parvum Genotype 2 infections in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
| Autor: | John Bosco Nizeyi, Norman J. Pieniazek, Alexandre J. DaSilva, G. R. N. N. Kalema, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Michael R. Cranfield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Cryptosporidiosis Zoology Gorilla Polymerase Chain Reaction Feces Zoonoses biology.animal Animals Uganda Cryptosporidium parvum Electrophoresis Agar Gel Gorilla gorilla General Veterinary Free ranging biology National park Ecology Pongidae General Medicine DNA Protozoan biology.organism_classification Gorilla gorilla beringei Molecular analysis Ape Diseases Infectious Diseases Insect Science Parasitology |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology Research. 87:368-370 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1955 0932-0113 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s004360000337 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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