Association of human disturbance and gastrointestinal parasite infection of yellow baboons in western Tanzania
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F22%3A00568182" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/22:00568182 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68081766:_____/22:00552277 RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125341 RIV/60460709:41210/22:92464
Result on the web
<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262481" target="_blank" >https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262481</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262481" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0262481</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Association of human disturbance and gastrointestinal parasite infection of yellow baboons in western Tanzania
Original language description
Human disturbance is an ongoing threat to many wildlife species, manifesting as habitat destruction, resource overuse, or increased disease exposure, among others. With increasing human: non-human primate (NHP) encounters, NHPs are increasingly susceptible to human-introduced diseases, including those with parasitic origins. As such, epidemiology of parasitic disease is becoming an important consideration for NHP conservation strategies. To investigate the relationship between parasite infections and human disturbance we studied yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus) living outside of national park boundaries in western Tanzania, collecting 135 fresh faecal samples from nine troops occupying areas with varying levels of human disturbance. We fixed all samples in 10% formalin and later evaluated parasite prevalence and abundance (of isotrichid ciliates and Strongylida). We identified seven protozoan and four helminth taxa. Taxa showed varied relationships with human disturbance, baboon troop size and host age. In four taxa, we found a positive association between prevalence and troop size. We also report a trend towards higher parasite prevalence of two taxa in less disturbed areas. To the contrary, high levels of human disturbance predicted increased abundance of isotrichid ciliates, although no relationship was found between disturbance and Strongylida abundance. Our results provide mixed evidence that human disturbance is associated with NHP parasite infections, highlighting the need to consider monitoring parasite infections when developing NHP conservation strategies.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PLoS ONE
ISSN
1932-6203
e-ISSN
1932-6203
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
e0262481
UT code for WoS article
000834207700043
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85122746388