Fatal metacestode infection in Bornean orangutan caused by unknown Versteria species.

ABSTRACT: A captive juvenile Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) died from an unknown disseminated parasitic infection. Deep sequencing of DNA from infected tissues, followed by gene-specific PCR and sequencing, revealed a divergent species within the newly proposed genus Versteria (Cestoda: Taeniidae). Versteria may represent a previously unrecognized risk to primate health.

SUBMITTER: Goldberg TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3884733 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature