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Diversity of Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda
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SYSNO ASEP 0436608 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Diversity of Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Mountain Gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda Author(s) Sak, Bohumil (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Petrželková, Klára Judita (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Květoňová, Dana (BC-A) SAI
Mynářová, A. (CZ)
Pomajbíková, K. (CZ)
Modrý, David (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Cranfield, M. R. (US)
Mudakikwa, A. (RW)
Kváč, Martin (BC-A) RID, RID, ORCIDSource Title PLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203
Roč. 9, č. 11 (2014), e109751Number of pages 7 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords infection diseases ; gorilla ; genotypes Subject RIV GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine R&D Projects GA206/09/0927 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000345250400004 DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109751 Annotation Infectious diseases represent the greatest threats to endangered species, and transmission from humans to wildlife under increased anthropogenic pressure has been always stated as a major risk of habituation. To evaluate the impact of close contact with humans on the occurrence of potentially zoonotic protists in great apes, one hundred mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) from seven groups habituated either for tourism or for research in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda were screened for the presence of microsporidia, Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. using molecular diagnostics. The most frequently detected parasites were Enterocytozoon bieneusi found in 18 samples (including genotype EbpA, D, C, gorilla 2 and five novel genotypes gorilla 4-8) and Encephalitozoon cuniculi with genotype II being more prevalent (10 cases) compared to genotype I (1 case). Cryptosporidium muris (2 cases) and C. meleagridis (2 cases) were documented in great apes for the first time. Cryptosporidium sp. infections were identified only in research groups and occurrence of E. cuniculi in research groups was significantly higher in comparison to tourist groups. No difference in prevalence of E. bieneusi was observed between research and tourist groups. Although our data showed the presence and diversity of important opportunistic protists in Volcanoes gorillas, the source and the routes of the circulation remain unknown. Repeated individual sampling, broad sampling of other hosts sharing the habitat with gorillas and quantification of studied protists would be necessary to acquire more complex data. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2015
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