Experimental Infection with Schistosoma Intercalatum (Fisher, 1934) in the Chimpanzee (Pan Troglodytes) and the Gibbon (Hylobates Lar)

Robert E. Kuntz Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Pathology, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78284

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Bruce McCullough Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Pathology, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78284

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Jerry A. Moore Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Pathology, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78284

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Tao-Cheng Huang Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Pathology, Southwest Foundation for Research and Education, San Antonio, Texas 78284

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Two young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and two adult gibbons (Hylobates lar), each exposed to 1,000 cercariae of Schistosoma intercalatum (Cameroon), were examined at 79 and 82 wk and 61 and 69 wk, respectively, post-infection. Based upon worm returns and tissue egg deposits, these primates can be employed as hosts for experimental schistosomiasis intercalata. However, no histopathology was detected in the urogenital system.

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