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Widespread Treponema pallidum Infection in Nonhuman Primates, Tanzania - Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC

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Title
Widespread Treponema pallidum Infection in Nonhuman Primates, Tanzania - Volume 24, Number 6—June 2018 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2018
DOI 10.3201/eid2406.180037
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Authors

Idrissa S. Chuma, Emmanuel K. Batamuzi, D. Anthony Collins, Robert D. Fyumagwa, Luisa K. Hallmaier-Wacker, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Julius D. Keyyu, Inyasi A. Lejora, Iddi F. Lipende, Simone Lüert, Filipa M.D. Paciência, Alexander Piel, Fiona A. Stewart, Dietmar Zinner, Christian Roos, Sascha Knauf

Abstract

We investigated Treponema pallidum infection in 8 nonhuman primate species (289 animals) in Tanzania during 2015-2017. We used a serologic treponemal test to detect antibodies against the bacterium. Infection was further confirmed from tissue samples of skin-ulcerated animals by 3 independent PCRs (polA, tp47, and TP_0619). Our findings indicate that T. pallidum infection is geographically widespread in Tanzania and occurs in several species (olive baboons, yellow baboons, vervet monkeys, and blue monkeys). We found the bacterium at 11 of 14 investigated geographic locations. Anogenital ulceration was the most common clinical manifestation; orofacial lesions also were observed. Molecular data show that nonhuman primates in Tanzania are most likely infected with T. pallidum subsp. pertenue-like strains, which could have implications for human yaws eradication.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 16%
Researcher 5 10%
Student > Bachelor 4 8%
Other 4 8%
Other 13 26%
Unknown 7 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 10%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 5 10%
Social Sciences 3 6%
Other 13 26%
Unknown 9 18%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 June 2020.
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#1,757,923
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#1,938
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#39,239
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#27
of 116 outputs
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