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Prévalence d’excrétion de Giardia et Cryptosporidium chez les humains, les animaux domestiques et les lémuriens de l’écosystème du Parc National de Ranomafana, Madagascar
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| Author | Rasambainarivo, Fidisoa T. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Increasing human activities in the vicinities of natural habitats may facilitate the emergence and transmission of diseases between humans and domestic animals and wildlife species. We conducted a cross-sectional study investigating the prevalence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium, two ubiquitous and potentially zoonotic protozoan parasites in various populations of humans and animals from the Ranomafana National Park ecosystem (RNP), Madagascar. Fecal samples were obtained non-invasively from human volunteers, domestic animals and introduced rodents inhabiting three villages in the vicinity of the national park and from four species of free-ranging lemurs (Propithecus edwardsi, Prolemur simus, Eulemur rubriventer and Microcebus rufus) from the RNP. Samples were analyzed using the direct immunofluorescence technique. Prevalences of Giardia and Cryptosporidium were estimated and variables associated with infections by the protozoa were identified. Cryptosporidium and Giardia were detected with a prevalence of 22.9 % and 13.6 % in humans respectively. The prevalences of these two parasites varied from 0 % to 60 % in domestic animals and introduced rodents from the villages. Species, age category and co-infection with the other protozoan were significantly associated with the infection by Cryptosporidium and Giardia in this ecosystem, whereas coinfections by different helminths order were not significantly associated with Cryptosporidium or Giardia. Moreover, Cryptosporidium was detected in 10.5 % of lemurs sampled from the RNP. This study reports for the first time the occurrence of Cryptosporidium in two species of lemurs from the RNP. Giardia was not detected in fecal samples from lemurs inhabiting the RNP. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
