Table 1
Summary of primate samples investigated for the presence of trypanosomes.
Site (country) Primate species Origin Examined/T-pos.
Individuals (%)
Examined/T-pos.
samples (%)
DNA source of T-pos.
samples
Taï NP (C^ote d'Ivoire) Western chimpanzee Wild 16/8 28/11 (39) Spleen (4), liver (3),
lymph node (1); feces
(3)a
Sooty mangabey Wild 10/1 10/1 (10) Liver
Western red colobus Wild 18/2 18/2 (11) Blood
Black-and-white colobus Wild 5/0 5/0 e
River Gambia NP (Gambia) Chimpanzee Semi-captive 1/1 2/2 (100) Spleen, livera
Chimpanzee Sanctuary
(Guinea)
Western chimpanzee Captive 1/1 2/1 (50) Liver
Budongo NP (Uganda) Eastern chimpanzee Wild 9/1 9/1 (11) Liver
Kasyoha-Kitomi FR (Uganda) Eastern chimpanzee Wild 1/0 1/0 e
Lui Kotale (DRC) Western red colobus Wild 2/2 5/2 (40) Spleen
ND Pennant's red colobus Wild 3/0 3/0 e
Limbe Wildlife Centre (Cameroon) Western lowland gorilla Semi-captive 3/0 5/0 e
ND (Kongo) Western lowland gorilla Captive 1/0 1/0 e
ND (Kongo) Chimpanzee Captive 1/0 1/0 e
Ngamba (Uganda) Chimpanzee Semi-captive 27/0 27/0 e
Tacugama (Sierra Leone) Chimpanzee Semi-captive 6/0 8/0 e
Limbe Wildlife Centre (Cameroon) Chimpanzee Captivity 1/0 1/0 e
Munster Zoo (Germany) Colobus monkey Captivity 3/0 4/0 e
Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) Western lowland gorilla Captivity 1/0 2/0 e
Suma 109/16 (15%) 132/20 (15%)
T-pos. e Trypanosome-positive; NP e National Park; FR e Forest Reserve; % e prevalence; sanctuary ND e not determined (from sanctuary); DRC e Democratic Republic of
Congo. Western chimpanzee e Pan troglodytes verus, Eastern chimpanzee e Pan t. schweinfurthii, Chimpanzee e Pan troglodytes, Western lowland gorilla e Gorilla gorilla
gorilla, Western red colobus e Piliocolobus badius, Pennant's red colobus e P. pennantii, Black-and-white colobus e Colobus polykomos, Sooty mangabey e Cercocebus atys.
a Several samples were collected from one individual.