| cryptosporidiosis in people sharing habitats with free-ranging mountain gorillas (gorilla gorilla beringei), uganda. | cryptosporidiosis, a zoonotic diarrheal disease, significantly contributes to the mortality of people with impaired immune systems worldwide. infections with an animal-adapted genotype (genotype 2) of cryptosporidium parvum were found in a human population in uganda that shares habitats with free-ranging gorillas, from which the same genotype of c. parvum had been recovered previously. a high prevalence of disease was found in park staff members (21%) who frequently contact gorillas versus 3% di ... | 2002 | 12164303 |
| cryptosporidium sp. and giardia sp. infections in mountain gorillas (gorilla gorilla beringei) of the bwindi impenetrable national park, uganda. | for conservation purposes and because of growing ecotourism, some mountain gorilla (gorilla gorilla beringei) populations have been habituated to humans. fecal specimens (n = 100) of nonhabituated and human-habituated gorillas (5 populations; 6 age classes) were tested for cryptosporidium sp. oocysts and giardia sp. cysts by conventional staining and immunofluorescent antibody (ifa). cryptosporidium sp. infections (prevalence 11%) were not restricted to very young gorillas but were observed in 3 ... | 1999 | 10647041 |
| cryptosporidium parvum genotype 2 infections in free-ranging mountain gorillas (gorilla gorilla beringei) of the bwindi impenetrable national park, uganda. | 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 animal ... | 2001 | 11403378 |
| molecular characterisation of protist parasites in human-habituated mountain gorillas (gorilla beringei beringei), humans and livestock, from bwindi impenetrable national park, uganda. | over 60 % of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and there is growing evidence of the zooanthroponotic transmission of diseases from humans to livestock and wildlife species, with major implications for public health, economics, and conservation. zooanthroponoses are of relevance to critically endangered species; amongst these is the mountain gorilla (gorilla beringei beringei) of uganda. here, we assess the occurrence of cryptosporidium, cyclospora, giardia, and entamoeba infecting ... | 2017 | 28720110 |