ArticleThe Journal of infectious diseases2015
Wild gorillas as a potential reservoir of Leishmania major.
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- Cutaneous leishmaniasis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of Leishmania species, vectors and reservoirs.Parasites & vectors · 2024Pooled it
- Noninvasive Biological Samples to Detect and Diagnose Infections due to Trypanosomatidae Parasites: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Pooled it
- Consistent detection of Trypanosoma brucei but not T. congolense DNA in faeces of experimentally infected cattle.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Is leishmaniasis the new emerging zoonosis in the world?Veterinary research communications · 2023Review
- Leishmaniasis in Cameroon and neighboring countries: An overview of current status and control challenges.Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2022Review
- A Systematic Review (1990-2021) of Wild Animals Infected with ZoonoticMicroorganisms · 2021Review
- Potential zoonotic pathogens hosted by endangered bonobos.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Parasitic Infections in African Humans and Non-Human Primates.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Molecular Detection ofJournal of arthropod-borne diseases · 2019Article
- Infectious Disease Risk Across the Growing Human-Non Human Primate Interface: A Review of the Evidence.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
- An unexpected diversity of trypanosomatids in fecal samples of great apes.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2018Article
- Studies of nonhuman primates: key sources of data on zoonoses and microbiota.New microbes and new infections · 2018Article
- Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum DNA and host blood meal identification in Phlebotomus in a hypoendemic focus of human leishmaniasis in northern Algeria.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Fecal metagenomics for the simultaneous assessment of diet, parasites, and population genetics of an understudied primate.Frontiers in zoology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Vector-borne parasites of the genus Leishmania are responsible for severe human diseases. Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a common form of the disease, is most often caused by the transmission of Leishmania major to humans by female phlebotomine sand flies. Apes are increasingly being seen as a source of zoonotic diseases, including malaria and rickettsiosis. To examine whether gorillas harbor Leishmania species, we screened fecal samples from wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Cameroon for the presence of these pathogens. Of 91 wild gorilla fecal samples, 12 contained Leishmania parasites, and 4 contained phlebotomine sand fly vectors. The molecular identity was determined by running 3 different polymerase chain reaction tests for detection of L. major. Next, fluorescence in situ hybridization was performed to visualize L. major parasites in fecal samples from the gorillas. Both promastigote and amastigote forms of the parasite were found. This work strongly suggests that wild gorillas carry pathogenic Leishmania parasites.
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