CHIMPANZEE PINWORM, ENTEROBIUS ANTHROPOPITHECI (NEMATODA: OXYURIDAE), MAINTAINED FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS IN CAPTIVE CHIMPANZEES IN JAPAN

The chimpanzee pinworm, Enterobius anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916), was found in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, reared in Kumamoto Primate Research Park, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Kumamoto, Japan, in 2006. Because the chimpanzees in this institution originated from chimpanzees imported from...

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Published in:The Journal of parasitology 2007-08, Vol.93 (4), p.850-853
Main Authors: Hasegawa, Hideo, Udono, Toshifumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal morphology
animal parasitic nematodes
Animals
Animals, Zoo - parasitology
Anthelmintic agents
Anthelmintics
Antiparasitic agents
Ape Diseases - parasitology
artificial selection
Biological and medical sciences
Chimpanzees
Eggs
Enterobiasis - parasitology
Enterobiasis - veterinary
Enterobius
Enterobius - anatomy & histology
Enterobius - classification
Enterobius anthropopitheci
Enterobius vermicularis
Esophagus
Feces
Female
Females
fenbendazole
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models
Glycerol
Infections
Invertebrates
Japan
laboratory animals
LIFE CYCLES-SURVEY
Male
Mixed infection
Monkeys & apes
Morphology
Nemathelminthia. Plathelmintha
Nematoda
nematode infections
Nematodes
Oxyuridae
Pan troglodytes
Pan troglodytes - parasitology
Parasitology
Primates
Research parks
Worms
Zoos
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Summary:The chimpanzee pinworm, Enterobius anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916), was found in chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, reared in Kumamoto Primate Research Park, Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd., Kumamoto, Japan, in 2006. Because the chimpanzees in this institution originated from chimpanzees imported from Africa before 1984, it is considered that E. anthropopitheci infection has persisted for more than 20 yr in the chimpanzees. Analysis of pinworm specimens preserved in the institution revealed that transition of predominant pinworm species occurred, responding to the change of anthelmintics used for pinworm treatment. Present dominance of E. anthropopitheci is surmised to be caused by fenbendazole, which has been adopted from 2002. Scarcity of mixed infection with E. anthropopitheci and Enterobius vermicularis suggests interspecific competition between the pinworms.
ISSN:0022-3395
1937-2345
DOI:10.1645/GE-1039R.1