Diversity of microsporidia (Fungi: Microsporidia) among captive great apes in European zoos and African sanctuaries: Evidence for zoonotic transmission?

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Sak, Bohumil ^a   Kváč, Martin ^a,b   Petrželková, Klára ^c,d   Květoňová, Dana ^a   Pomajbíková, Kateřina ^e   Mulama, Martin ^f   Kiyang, John ^g   Modrý, David ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^f Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary   (Kenya)

^g Limbe Wildlife Centre   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Bonobo; Chimpanzee; Encephalitozoon; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Gorilla gorilla; Pan paniscus; Pan troglodytes; Prevalence; Primates; Western gorilla

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; FUNGI; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; MICROSPORIDIA; PAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 79960272843     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2011.008     Document Type: Article

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