Confirmed infection with intestinal schistosomiasis in semi-captive wild-born chimpanzees on Ngamba Island, Uganda

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-176

  Standley, Claire J ^a,b   Mugisha, Lawrence ^c   Verweij, Jaco J ^d   Adriko, Moses ^e   Arinaitwe, Moses ^e   Rowell, Candia ^e   Atuhaire, Aaron ^e   Betson, Martha ^a   Hobbs, Emma ^c   Van Tulleken, Christoffer R ^f   Kane, Richard A ^a   Van Lieshout, Lisette ^d   Ajarova, Lilly ^c   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^e   Stothard, J Russell ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust CSWCT   (Uganda)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation medicine; Molecular epidemiology; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii; Schistosoma mansoni; Veterinary parasitology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; HELMINTH DNA; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; UGANDA; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; FECES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SNAILS; UGANDA;

BIOMPHALARIA; GASTROPODA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PRIMATES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 79551575799     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0156     Document Type: Article

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