title: Noninvasive Tuberculosis Screening in Free-Living Primate Populations in Gombe National Park, Tanzania.
abstract: Recent advances in noninvasive detection methods for mycobacterial infection in primates create new opportunities for exploring the epidemiology of tuberculosis in free-living species. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) and baboons (Papio anubis) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, were screened for infection with pathogens of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex using Fecal IS6110 PCR; none was positive. This study demonstrates the feasibility of large-scale mycobacterial screening in wild primates.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA. Wolfx305@umn.edu.|Minnesota Zoological Gardens, Apple Valley, MN, USA. Wolfx305@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Tiffany M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Srinand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sreevatsan
authors.affiliation: Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Randall S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.affiliation: Gombe Stream Research Center, Kigoma, Tanzania.
authors.forename: Iddi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lipende
authors.affiliation: The Jane Goodall Institute, Vienna, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.affiliation: Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lonsdorf
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Dominic A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Travis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D008403:Mass Screening; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D010215:Papio / Q000382:microbiology*; D000068316:Parks, Recreational; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013636:Tanzania / Q000453:epidemiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Baboons; Chimpanzees; Mycobacterium t uberculosis Complex; fecal IS6110 PCR