Entamoeba histolytica Infections in the Chimpanzee (Pan satyrus)

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
Observations on Entamoeba histolytica infections in a laboratory colony of young chimpanzees are reported. In nature incidence appears to be low, but after coming in contact with sources of infection, and being confined to animal quarters, high infection rates with both large and small races of E. histolytica can build up rapidly. Infections usually persist for long periods of time in the absence of any evidence of tissue invasion. Nevertheless, serious and fatal amebic disease may occur. Two cases are described, one dying of amebic ulcerative colitis and the other of amebic liver and lung abscesses. The host-parasite relationships of E. histolytica in chimpanzees and in man appear to be similar and this suggests that the chimpanzee may prove to be a useful experimental host for studying the pathogenesis of amebic disease in man.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: