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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 767-777Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-006-9043-2
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chimpanzee; introduced population; nematode; new parasite record; Rubondo Island
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We identified 3 nematodes not previously reported in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) introduced on Rubondo Island, Tanzania: Protospirura muricola, Subulura sp., and Anatrichosoma sp. Vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus), rodents, and intermediate insect hosts might maintain Protospirura muricola and Subulura sp., and indigenous monkeys on the island might also maintain Anatrichosoma sp. Low prevalence of Subulura sp. and Anatrichosoma sp. suggests that chimpanzees acquired them from ingestion of contaminated food.
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