Evidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations

New Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in deceased wild chimpanzees.

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 chimp...

A New Variant of the Capsule 3 Cluster Occurs in Streptococcus pneumoniae from Deceased Wild Chimpanzees

The presence of new Streptococcus pneumoniae clones in dead wild chimpanzees from the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, with previous respiratory problems has been demonstrated recently by DNA sequence analysis from samples obtained from the deceased apes. In order to broadenour understanding on the relatedness of these pneumococcal clones to those from humans, the gene locus responsible for bi...

SIVcpz in wild chimpanzees.

Mario L. Santiago, Cynthia M. Rodenburg, Shadrack Kamenya, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Feng Gao, Elizabeth Bailes, Sreelatha Meleth, Seng-Jaw Soong, J. Michael Kilby, Zina Moldoveanu, Babette Fahey, Martin N. Muller, Ahidjo Ayouba, Eric Nerrienet, Harold M. McClure, Jonathan L. Heeney, Anne E. Pusey, D. Anthony Collins, Christophe Boesch, Richard W. Wrangham, Jane Goodall, Paul M. Sharp, George M....

Drug-resistant human Staphylococcus aureus in sanctuary apes pose a threat to endangered wild ape populations.

Reintroduction of sanctuary apes to natural habitat is considered an important tool for conservation; however, reintroduction has the potential to endanger resident wild apes through the introduction of human pathogens. We found a high prevalence of drug-resistant, human-associated lineages of Staphylococcus aureus in sanctuary chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) from Zambia and Uganda. This pathogen...

A welfare approach for captive wild birds