Noninvasive tuberculosis screening in free-living primate populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Tiffany M. Wolf; Srinand Sreevatsan; Randall S. Singer; Iddi Lipende; Anthony Collins; Thomas R. Gillespie; Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf; Dominic A. Travis

doi:10.1007/s10393-015-1063-y

Noninvasive tuberculosis screening in free-living primate populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Tiffany M. Wolf, Srinand Sreevatsan, Randall S. Singer, Iddi Lipende, Anthony Collins, Thomas R. Gillespie, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Dominic A. Travis

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Recent advances in noninvasive detection methods for mycobacterial infection in primates create new opportunities for exploring the epidemiology of tuberculosis in free-living species. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and baboons (Papio anubis) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, were screened for infection with pathogens of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex using Fecal IS6110 PCR; none was positive. This study demonstrates the feasibility of large-scale mycobacterial screening in wild primates.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	139-144
Number of pages	6
Journal	EcoHealth
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-015-1063-y
State	Published - Sep 29 2016

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Baboons
Chimpanzees
Fecal IS6110 PCR
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

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Noninvasive tuberculosis screening in free-living primate populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania

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