Publication: Zoonotic Enterobacterial Pathogens Detected in Wild Chimpanzees
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2018-03-01
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16129210
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16129202
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Mahidol University
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EcoHealth. Vol.15, No.1 (2018), 143-147
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Matthew R. McLennan, Hirotake Mori, Aongart Mahittikorn, Rapeepun Prasertbun, Katsuro Hagiwara, Michael A. Huffman Zoonotic Enterobacterial Pathogens Detected in Wild Chimpanzees. EcoHealth. Vol.15, No.1 (2018), 143-147. doi:10.1007/s10393-017-1303-4 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/45892
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Zoonotic Enterobacterial Pathogens Detected in Wild Chimpanzees
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© 2017, EcoHealth Alliance. Infectious diseases including those acquired through direct or indirect contact with people and livestock threaten the survival of wild great apes. Few studies have reported enterobacterial pathogens in chimpanzees. We used multiplex PCR to screen faeces of chimpanzees sharing a landscape with villagers and livestock in Bulindi, Uganda for Salmonella spp., enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Shigella spp./enteroinvasive E. coli. All three potentially zoonotic pathogens were detected. Individual prevalence ranged between 7 and 20%, with most infections observed in mature male chimpanzees. These preliminary findings suggest detailed investigation of enterobacterial infections in people, primates and livestock in this ecosystem is warranted.