Gastrointestinal parasites of the chimpanzee population introduced onto Rubondo Island National Park, Tanzania

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-316

  Petrželková, Klára J ^a,b   Hasegawa, Hideo ^c   Appleton, Chris C ^d   Huffman, Michael A ^e   Archer, Colleen E ^d   Moscovice, Liza R ^f   Mapua, Mwanahamissi Issa ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^g   Kaur, Taranjit ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term monitoring; Novel parasite species infections; Parasite ecology; Prevalence; Species introduction

Indexed keywords

HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIATE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEMATODE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITOLOGY; RETORTAMONADIDAE; STRONGYLOIDES; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; CILIOPHORA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; NEMATODA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RETORTAMONADIDAE; STRONGYLOIDES; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

RUBONDO ISLAND NATIONAL PARK; TANZANIA;

ANATRICHOSOMA; ANIMALIA; ASCARIDIDAE; CHILOMASTIX; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTEROBIUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII; PAN; PRIMATES; PROTOSPIRURA MURICOLA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES; SUBULURA; TRICHURIS; TROGLODYTELLA;

EID: 77449141535     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20783     Document Type: Article

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