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Anthropozoonotic Giardia duodenalis genotype (assemblage) a infections in habitats of free-ranging human-habituated gorillas, Uganda.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Oct 2002
Graczyk Thaddeus K, Bosco-Nizeyi John, Ssebide B, Thompson R C Andrew, Read Carolyn, Cranfield Michael R
Abstract excerpt
To facilitate ecotourism and research, free-ranging mountain gorillas of Uganda have been habituated to humans. Testing of fecal samples of gorillas (n = 100), people sharing gorilla habitats (n = 62). and local pre- and postweaned cattle (n = 50) having access to these habitats with fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated monoclonal antibodies revealed Giardia duodenalis cysts at prevalences of 2, 5, and 10%,...
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