Chang Ai-Mei, Chen Chen-Chih, Huffman Michael A
1 Graduate Institute of Animal Vaccine Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, 1, Shuefu Road, Neipu, Pingtung 912, Taiwan, Republic of China.
4 Animal Biologics Pilot Production Center, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan, Republic of China.
J Wildl Dis. 2019 Jul;55(3):608-618. doi: 10.7589/2018-04-113. Epub 2019 Jan 25.
is a genus of gastrointestinal protozoon that is transmitted through contaminated food and water. This protozoon is commonly found in human and nonhuman primates. Contact between humans and Formosan rock macaques () has become more frequent due to food provisioning; accordingly, concerns regarding zoonotic pathogen transmission through the fecal-oral route have increased. For example, surveillance of intestinal parasites in wild Formosan rock macaques indicated that infection was the most prevalent type of intestinal parasite infection. The morphologies of pathogenic and nonpathogenic species are difficult to distinguish. In this study, we collected fecal samples from wild Formosan rock macaques in the Shoushan National Nature Park (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and adopted both morphologic and molecular methods for species identification. In total, we collected 208 fecal samples with a 57.7% (120/208, 95% confidence interval: 50.9-60.4%) prevalence of infection. Four species were identified: three nonpathogenic species, (19%), (50%), and (11%), and one potentially pathogenic species, (20%). Our study revealed the risk of zoonotic transmission of these species to humans. To address relevant public health and wildlife conservation concerns, further research is required to fully understand the virulence of isolated from Formosan rock macaques.
是一种通过受污染的食物和水传播的胃肠道原生动物属。这种原生动物常见于人类和非人类灵长类动物中。由于食物供应，人类与台湾猕猴（）之间的接触变得更加频繁；因此，通过粪口途径传播人畜共患病原体的担忧也增加了。例如，对野生台湾猕猴肠道寄生虫的监测表明，感染是最普遍的肠道寄生虫感染类型。致病性和非致病性物种的形态很难区分。在本研究中，我们从寿山国家自然公园（台湾高雄）的野生台湾猕猴中收集粪便样本，并采用形态学和分子方法进行物种鉴定。我们总共收集了208份粪便样本，感染率为57.7%（120/208，95%置信区间：50.9 - 60.4%）。鉴定出四种物种：三种非致病性物种，（19%）、（50%）和（11%），以及一种潜在致病性物种，（20%）。我们的研究揭示了这些物种向人类进行人畜共患传播的风险。为解决相关的公共卫生和野生动物保护问题，需要进一步研究以充分了解从台湾猕猴中分离出的的毒力。
