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Table 4 Occurrence of different species of Necator, Oesophagostomum, Trichuris and Ternidens according to the NHP sampled and the collection location

From: Soil-transmitted helminth infections in free-ranging non-human primates from Cameroon and Gabon

Parasite Locality

NHP speciesa

Necator type IIb

Necator type IIIb

O. stephanostomumb

O. bifurcumb

Oesophagostomum spp.b

Trichuris spp.b

Ternidens deminutusb

Djoum (CAM)

Mandrill n = 3

–

–

–

–

3

OH15

–

–

Red-capped Mangabey n = 2

–

–

–

1

OH9,12

1

OH13

–

–

Somalomo (CAM)

Chimpanzee n = 17

9

NH2, 1/2, 1/2/4

–

14

OH1,2,4,5

3

OH9,10,11

-

–

–

Gorilla n = 26

1

NH2/4

–

26

OH1,2,3,5,7,8

–

-

–

–

Red-capped Mangabey n = 1

–

–

–

–

1

OH13,14

–

–

Greater spot-nosed monkey n = 2

–

–

–

–

–

1

2

Mambélé (CAM)

Chimpanzee n = 30

10

NH1,2,3,4

–

21

OH1,2,3,4,5

1

OH9

–

1

1

Gorilla n = 8

1

NH1/2

–

8

OH1,2,3

–

–

-

–

Agile Mangabey n = 2

1

NH1/2

–

2

OH1,3

–

–

-

–

Greater spot-nosed monkey n = 1

-

–

–

–

–

-

1

Lobéké NP (CAM)

Gorilla n = 4

3

NH1,1/2

–

1

OH1

–

–

1

–

Matakamangoye (GAB)

Chimpanzee n = 108

49

NH1,2

1

NH5

90

OH1,2,3,4,5,6,16

–

–

–

–

Total

 

74

1

162

5

5

3

4

  1. an is the number of individuals (gorilla, chimpanzee) or samples (other NHP) from which exploitable sequences were obtained
  2. bNumbers indicate the number of high-quality partial sequences of the ITS2 region (138–273 bp) obtained. Haplotypes are shown where applicable