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- Title
Fatal Metacestode Infection in Bornean Orangutan Caused by Unknown Versteria Species.
- Authors
Goldberg, Tony L.; Gendron-Fitzpatrick, Annette; Deering, Kathleen M.; Wallace, Roberta S.; Clyde, Victoria L.; Lauck, Michael; Rosen, Gail E.; Bennett, Andrew J.; Greiner, Ellis C.; O'Connor, David H.
- 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.
- Subjects
ORANGUTANS; VETERINARY virology; VIRAL disease diagnosis; DIAGNOSTIC use of polymerase chain reaction; PRIMATE diseases; DISEASES
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2001.131191