title: Fatal metacestode infection in Bornean orangutan caused by unknown Versteria species.
abstract: A captive juvenile Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) died from an unknown disseminated parasitic infection. Deep sequencing of DNA from infected tissues, followed by gene-specific PCR and sequencing, revealed a divergent species within the newly proposed genus Versteria (Cestoda: Taeniidae). Versteria may represent a previously unrecognized risk to primate health.
authors.forename: Tony L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gendron-Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Deering
authors.forename: Roberta S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: Victoria L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Clyde
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lauck
authors.forename: Gail E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Ellis C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D002589:Cestoda / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D010802:Phylogeny; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus / Q000469:parasitology*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S
keywords: Cestoda; Pongo pygmaeus; Taeniidae; Versteria; deep sequencing; metacestode; orangutan; parasites; primate