Claxton J R, Faye J A, Rawlings P
International Trypanotolerance Centre, Banjul, Gambia.
Vet Parasitol. 1992 Mar;41(3-4):179-87. doi: 10.1016/0304-4017(92)90077-m.
The prevalence of trypanosome infections in warthogs (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in The Gambia was found to be 11% of a sample of 62 animals. All isolates were identified as Trypanosoma simiae. Serological evidence indicated a higher level of exposure to T. simiae, but results were inconclusive for the presence of Trypanosoma congolense. The course of T. simiae infection in warthog piglets showed a rapidly rising parasitaemia, with a concomitant fall in packed cell volume, and resulted in a prolonged period of low-level parasitaemia. The same infections killed domestic piglets.
