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PARASITE COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS: TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI AND INTESTINAL HELMINTHS INFECTING WILD GOLDEN LION TAMARINS LEONTOPITHECUS ROSALIA AND GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARINS L. CHRYSOMELAS (CALLITRICHIDAE, L., 1766)
Micos-leões-de-cabeça-dourada
Helmintos intestinais
Infecção
Mico leão dourado
Brasil
intestinal helminths
Infections
Golden lion tamarins
Golden-headed lion tamarins
Brazil
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia de Tripanossomatídeos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Maryland. Department of Biology. College Park, MD, USA
Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Species Conservation Center. Washington, DC, USA.
Great Ape Trust of Iowa. Des Moines, IA, USA.
Universiteit Antwerpen. Center for Research and Conservation. Antwerpen, Belgium.
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens. Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Associação Mico Leão Dourado. Casimiro de Abreu, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia de Tripanossomatídeos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Maryland. Department of Biology. College Park, MD, USA
Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Species Conservation Center. Washington, DC, USA.
Great Ape Trust of Iowa. Des Moines, IA, USA.
Universiteit Antwerpen. Center for Research and Conservation. Antwerpen, Belgium.
Philadelphia Zoological Gardens. Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Associação Mico Leão Dourado. Casimiro de Abreu, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia de Tripanossomatídeos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
The parasite prevalence and infection intensity in primate wild populations can be affected by many variables linked to host and/or parasite ecology or either to interparasite competition/mutualism. In this study, we tested how host sex, age, and place of origin, as well parasitic concomitant infections affect the structure of golden lion and golden-headed lion tamarins parasite community, considering Trypanosoma cruzi and intestinal helminths infection in these primates. A total of 206 tamarins from two Atlantic Coastal rain forest areas in Brazil were tested during 4 years for prevalence of T. cruzi infection and helminth prevalence. Three intestinal helminth groups showed high prevalences in both tamarin species: Prosthenorchis sp., Spiruridae, and Trichostrongylidae. An association between presence of T. cruzi infection and higher intestinal helminth prevalence was found in both tamarin species. Two explanations for this association seem to be plausible: (1) lower helminth-linked mortality rates in T. cruzi-infected tamarins and (2) lower elimination rates of helminths in such tamarins. A higher frequency of T. cruzi-positive blood cultures was significantly correlated to female tamarins and to the presence of Trichostrongylidae infection. The possibility of an increase in the transmissibility of T. cruzi and the three analyzed helminths in lion tamarins with concomitant infections is discussed.
Keywords in Portuguese
Trypanosoma cruziMicos-leões-de-cabeça-dourada
Helmintos intestinais
Infecção
Mico leão dourado
Brasil
Keywords
Trypanosoma cruziintestinal helminths
Infections
Golden lion tamarins
Golden-headed lion tamarins
Brazil
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