title: New Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in deceased wild chimpanzees.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Paul Ehrlich Strasse 23, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany.
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leider
authors.forename: Fabian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leendertz
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bergmann
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boesch
authors.forename: Svenja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schenk
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pauli
authors.forename: Heinz
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellerbrok
authors.forename: Regine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hakenbeck
mesh_terms: 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