No impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium spp. in faeces of western lowland gorillas and eastern chimpanzees

Mapua, M. I.; Pafčo, B.; Burgunder, J.; Profousová‑Pšenková, I.; Todd, A.; Hashimoto, C.; Qablan, M. A.; Modrý, D.; Petrželková, Klára Judita

doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-1822-z

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No impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium spp. in faeces of western lowland gorillas and eastern chimpanzees

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SYSNO ASEP	0475263
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	No impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium spp. in faeces of western lowland gorillas and eastern chimpanzees
Author(s)	Mapua, M. I. (CZ) Pafčo, B. (CZ) Burgunder, J. (CZ) Profousová‑Pšenková, I. (CZ) Todd, A. (CF) Hashimoto, C. (JP) Qablan, M. A. (CZ) Modrý, D. (CZ) Petrželková, Klára Judita (UBO-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	9
Article number	175
Source Title	Malaria Journal Roč. 16, č. 1 (2017)
Number of pages	6 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	Co-infection ; Faeces ; Strongylid ; Necator spp. ; Plasmodium spp. ; Malaria ; Western lowland gorilla ; Eastern chimpanzee
Subject RIV	GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
OECD category	Infectious Diseases
R&D Projects	GA15-05180S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	UBO-W - RVO:68081766
UT WOS	000402208000002
EID SCOPUS	85018159766
DOI	10.1186/s12936-017-1822-z
Annotation	Background: Although a high genetic diversity of Plasmodium spp. circulating in great apes has been revealed recently due to non-invasive methods enabling detection in faecal samples, little is known about the actual mechanisms underlying the presence of Plasmodium DNA in faeces. Great apes are commonly infected by strongylid nematodes, including hookworms, which cause intestinal bleeding. The impact of strongylid infections on the detection of Plasmodium DNA in faeces was assessed in wild, western, lowland gorillas from Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic and eastern chimpanzees from Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Uganda. Methods: Fifty-one faecal samples from 22 habituated gorillas and 74 samples from 15 habituated chimpanzees were analysed using Cytochrome-b PCR assay and coprological methods. Results: Overall, 26.4% of the analysed samples were positive for both Plasmodium spp. and strongylids. However, the results showed no signifcant impact of intensity of infections of strongylids on detection of Plasmodium DNA in gorilla and chimpanzee faeces. Conclusion: Bleeding caused by strongylid nematode Necator spp. cannot explain the presence of Plasmodium DNA in ape faeces.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2018

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