New Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in deceased wild chimpanzees.
In wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, sudden deaths which were preceded by respiratory problems had been observed since 1999. Two new clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae were identified in deceased apes on the basis of multilocus sequence typing analysis and ply, lytA, and pbp2x sequences. The findings suggest that virulent S. pneumoniae occurs in populations of wild chimpanzees with the potential to cause infections similar to those observed in humans.
Chi
Fang
F
Department of Microbiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Paul Ehrlich Strasse 23, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Leider
Michaela
M
Leendertz
Fabian
F
Bergmann
Carina
C
Boesch
Christophe
C
Schenk
Svenja
S
Pauli
Georg
G
Ellerbrok
Heinz
H
Hakenbeck
Regine
R
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D018420:Ape Diseases; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D010802:Phylogeny; D011008:Pneumococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity