Smith J M, Meerovitch E
J Parasitol. 1985 Dec;71(6):751-6.
A survey of 17 species of non-human captive primates in Quebec, Canada, revealed that 40% of the animals were infected with the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. Isoenzyme analysis of lysates prepared from cultured amebic isolates showed them to belong to either a zymodeme III or VIII, and therefore, characteristic of non-pathogenic strains of E. histolytica from humans. These isolates were also of low virulence in gerbil ceca. Serum samples from infected and uninfected primates had negative titres for E. histolytica and all the animals appeared to be healthy.
对加拿大魁北克17种圈养非人类灵长类动物进行的一项调查显示，40%的动物感染了原生动物溶组织内阿米巴。对培养的阿米巴分离株制备的裂解物进行同工酶分析表明，它们属于酶谱III型或VIII型，因此，具有人类非致病性溶组织内阿米巴菌株的特征。这些分离株在沙鼠盲肠中的毒力也很低。感染和未感染灵长类动物的血清样本对溶组织内阿米巴的滴度均为阴性，所有动物看起来都很健康。
