Cryptosporidium parvum Genotype 2 infections, in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

T. K. Graczyk; A. J. DaSilva; M. R. Cranfield; J. B. Nizeyi; G. R.N.N. Kalema; N. J. Pieniazek

doi:10.1007/s004360000337

Cryptosporidium parvum Genotype 2 infections, in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

T. K. Graczyk
, A. J. DaSilva
, M. R. Cranfield
, J. B. Nizeyi
, G. R.N.N. Kalema
, N. J. Pieniazek

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Abstract

For behavioral research and due to growing ecotourism, some populations of free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) have become habituated to humans. Molecular analysis of two Cryptosporidium sp. oocyst isolates originating from two human-habituated gorilla groups and two oocyst isolates from non-habituated gorillas yielded positive identification of C. parvum Genotype 2 (G2; i.e., "cattle", "animal-adapted", or "zoonotic"). As G2 is cross-transmissible between humans and animals, C. parvum infections can be propagated in the habitats of human-habituated, free-ranging gorillas through both zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission cycles.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	368-370
Number of pages	3
Journal	Parasitology Research
Volume	87
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s004360000337
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Cryptosporidium parvum Genotype 2 infections, in free-ranging mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

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