title: Balantidium coli and other gastrointestinal parasites in captives non-human primates of the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Parasites are agents of diarrhea in captive non-human primates (NHP). To broaden information about those etiological agents in captive animals in Brazil, gastrointestinal parasites in captive NHP were researched in nurturing Centers of Rio de Janeiro State.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fecal samples were collected from primates, of which 960 came from the Research Center (Cecal/Fiocruz) and 115 from the Primate Center (CPRJ/Inea). The study involved species of the New World (NW) primates and of the Old World (OW).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The estimated prevalence was 56.7%, of which 91.3% presented protozoans and 7.4% presented helminths. Statistical difference between the nurturing centers occurred in the overall value of parasitosis and in the isolated frequency of Balantidium coli and Entamoeba sp., especially in the samples of OW primates living in Cecal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results demonstrated the need for implements of sanitation programs in the sites for captive primates nurturing.
authors.affiliation: Toxoplasmosis Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro), Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alynne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: da Silva Barbosa
authors.forename: Alcides
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pissinatti
authors.forename: Laís Verdan
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Dib
authors.forename: Mayara Perlingeiro
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: de Siqueira
authors.forename: Matheus Lessa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Cardozo
authors.forename: Ana Beatriz Monteiro
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Anderson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Barros Oliveira
authors.forename: Fábio Alves
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Claudia M Antunes
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Uchôa
authors.forename: Otilio Machado Pereira
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: Maria Regina Reis
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Amendoeira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D001447:Balantidiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D001448:Balantidium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D000882:Haplorhini; D006374:Helminthiasis, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006376:Helminths / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D015995:Prevalence; D013045:Species Specificity; D053058:Trophozoites / Q000254:growth & development
keywords: helminths; new world primates; old world primates; parasitological diagnosis; protozoans