Table 1. Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. infection in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei).
Groups | n | Positive samples | |||
Encephalitozoon spp. | Enterocytozoon bieneusi | Cryptosporidium spp. | Giardia spp. | ||
PABLO1 | 20 | 4×ECII | 1×gorilla 2, 1×gorilla 4, 1×EpbA | 2×C. meleagridis | - |
SHINDA1 | 18 | 5×ECII | 1×gorilla 7, 1×gorilla 8, 1×C, 1× D | 2×C. muris | - |
AMAHORO2 | 11 | - | 1×EpbA | - | - |
UMUBANO2 | 6 | - | 2×EpbA | - | - |
SABINYO2 | 8 | 1×ECI | 1×EpbA | - | - |
SUSA2 | 21 | 1×ECII | 1×gorilla 5, 1×gorilla 6, 1×C, 1×EpbA | - | - |
KWITONDA2 | 16 | - | 2×D, 1×EpbA | - | - |
100 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
gorilla group habituated for research;
gorilla group habituated for tourism; D = E. bieneusi genotype D; gorilla 1 = E. bieneusi genotype gorilla 1; gorilla 2 = E. bieneusi genotype gorilla 3; gorilla 3 = E. bieneusi genotype gorilla 3; EC I = E. cuniculi genotype I; EC II = E. cuniculi genotype II; n number of samples.