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Treatment of disseminated Strongyloides spp. infection in an infant Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelii )
Author(s) -
Kleinschmidt Laura M.,
Kinney Matthew E.,
Hanley Christopher S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12338
Subject(s) - strongyloidiasis , strongyloides stercoralis , strongyloides , biology , pongo pygmaeus , medicine , zoology , helminths
Strongyloides nematodes have been reported in all species of great apes with orangutans ≤5 years old most susceptible to severe clinical disease. This brief communication describes the first published case of antemortem diagnosis and treatment of disseminated strongyloidiasis in a clinically affected 5‐month‐old Sumatran orangutan ( Pongo abelii) .