Drug-Resistant Human Staphylococcus Aureus in Sanctuary Apes Pose a Threat to Endangered Wild Ape Populations

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1071-1075

  Schaumburg, Frieder ^a   Mugisha, Lawrence ^b,c   Peck, Bruce ^d   Becker, Karsten ^a   Gillespie, Thomas R ^e,f   Peters, Georg ^a   Leendertz, Fabian H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Ecohealth Research Group   (Uganda)

^d Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage ^*  (Zambia)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Great apes; Reintroduction; Staphylococcus aureus; Transmission; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; EXOTOXIN; LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HOMINID; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGEN; PRIMATE; RECOLONIZATION; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXOTOXINS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEUKOCIDINS; PAN TROGLODYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; HOMINIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84869875201     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22067     Document Type: Article

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