Table 1.
Number of faecal samples positive, and per cent positive, for each parasite genus found in female chimpanzees (n = 81 females and 432 faecal samples) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, between July 2015 and December 2017. (Samples include females aged 10 to 68 years old. An asterisk denotes taxonomic groups known to contain at least one species pathogenic in chimpanzees [56,64–69].)
| genus | positive | % positive |
|---|---|---|
| helminths | ||
| Oesophagostomum* | 315 | 77 |
| hookworm* | 84 | 20.5 |
| Trichostrongylus | 74 | 18.1 |
| Strongyloides* | 41 | 10 |
| Trichuris | 2 | 0.5 |
| Enterobius | 1 | 0.2 |
| Mammomonogamus* | 1 | 0.2 |
| protozoans | ||
| Iodamoeba | 199 | 48.7 |
| Entamoeba* | 116 | 28.4 |
| Blastocystis | 34 | 8.3 |
| Giardia* | 33 | 8.1 |
| Chilomastix | 3 | 0.7 |
| Endolimax | 1 | 0.2 |