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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: Evidence for zoonotic transmission?
Folia Parasitologica, Volume 58, No. 2, Year 2011
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Two hundred and seventeen captive great apes (150 chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes; 14 bonobos, Pan paniscus; 53 western gorillas, Gorilla gorilla) and 20 personnel from thirteen European zoos and two African sanctuaries were sampled and examined in order to determine the occurrence of Enterocytozoon bieneusi and species of Encephalitozoon in faecal specimens and to compare the epidemiological situation between zoos and sanctuaries. Microsporidia were detected at all sampling sites. Sequence analyses of ITS amplicons generated by using microsporidia-specific primers determined the presence of microsporidia in 87 samples including 13 humans; since two cases of simultaneous occurrence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Enterocytozoon bieneusi were identified, 89 full-length ITS sequences were obtained, namely 78 Encephalitozoon cuniculi genotype I, five E. cuniculi genotype II, two E. hellem 1A and four Enterocytozoon bieneusi. No Encephalitozoon intestinalis-positive samples were identified. This is the first report of Encephalitozoon species and Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in captive great apes kept under various conditions and the first record of natural infection with E. hellem in great apes. A comparison of zoos and sanctuaries showed a significantly higher prevalence of microsporidia in sanctuaries (P<0.001), raising a question about the factors affecting the occurrence of microsporidia in epidemiologically and sanitarily comparable types of facilities. © Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre ASCR.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sak, Bohumil
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Kváč, Martin
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Jihočeská Univerzita V Českých Budějovicích
Petrželková, Klára Judita
Czech Republic, Brno
Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Liberec
Liberec Zoo
Květoňová, Dana
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Jirků-Pomajbíková, Kateřina
Czech Republic, Brno
Veterinární Univerzita Brno
Mulama, Martin
Kenya
Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Kiyang, John Anyam
Cameroon, Limbe
Limbe Wildlife Centre
Modrý, David
Czech Republic, Ceske Budejovice
Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic, Brno
Veterinární Univerzita Brno
Statistics
Citations: 36
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.14411/fp.2011.008
ISSN:
00155683
e-ISSN:
18036465
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study