Diversity of microsporidia, Cryptosporidium and Giardia in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

Infectious diseases represent the greatest threats to endangered species, and transmission from humans to wildlife under increased anthropogenic pressure has been always stated as a major risk of habituation.To evaluate the impact of close contact with humans on the occurrence of potentially zoonoti...

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Main Authors: Bohumil Sak, Klára J Petrželková, Dana Květoňová, Anna Mynářová, Kateřina Pomajbíková, David Modrý, Michael R Cranfield, Antoine Mudakikwa, Martin Kváč
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4227647?pdf=render