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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
veterinary
Treponema Infection Associated With Genital Ulceration in Wild Baboons
Veterinary Pathology, Volume 49, No. 2, Year 2012
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Description
The authors describe genital alterations and detailed histologic findings in baboons naturally infected with Treponema pallidum. The disease causes moderate to severe genital ulcerations in a population of olive baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) at Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania. In a field survey in 2007, 63 individuals of all age classes, both sexes, and different grades of infection were chemically immobilized and sampled. Histology and molecular biological tests were used to detect and identify the organism responsible: a strain similar to T pallidum ssp pertenue, the cause of yaws in humans. Although treponemal infections are not a new phenomenon in nonhuman primates, the infection described here appears to be strictly associated with the anogenital region and results in tissue alterations matching those found in human syphilis infections (caused by T pallidum ssp pallidum), despite the causative pathogen's greater genetic similarity to human yaws-causing strains. © American College of Veterinary Pathologists 2012.
Authors & Co-Authors
Knauf, Sascha
Germany, Giessen
Justus-liebig-universität Gießen
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Batamuzi, Emmanuel K.
Tanzania, Morogoro
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Mlengeya, Titus D.K.
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania National Parks
Kilewo, Morris
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania National Parks
Lejora, Inyasi A.V.
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania National Parks
Nordhoff, Marcel
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Ehlers, Bernhard
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Harper, Kristin Nicole
United States, New York
Columbia University
Fyumagwa, Robert D.
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Hoare, Richard E.
Tanzania, Arusha
Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute
Failing, Klaus H.
Germany, Giessen
Justus-liebig-universität Gießen
Wehrend, Axel
Germany, Giessen
Justus-liebig-universität Gießen
Kaup, Franz Josef
Germany, Gottingen
Deutsches Primatenzentrum
Leendertz, Fabian Hubertus
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin
Germany, Gottingen
Deutsches Primatenzentrum
Statistics
Citations: 65
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1177/0300985811402839
ISSN:
03009858
e-ISSN:
15442217
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Tanzania