Co-Infection of Bertiella studeri and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a Captive Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

J Med Primatol. 2024 Oct;53(5):e12735. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12735.

Abstract

Bertiella studeri, a typical intestinal cestode of nonhuman primates, accidentally infects human beings. However, B. studeri infection in monkeys has been rarely reported in recent years. A case of B. studeri infection was identified in one captive rhesus macaque with natural infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This study contributes to alerting the public of this helmintic zoonosis, though its infection rate is quite lower in recent years.

Keywords: Bertiella studeri; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; co‐infection; monkey.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Zoo
  • Cestoda / isolation & purification
  • Cestode Infections / diagnosis
  • Cestode Infections / veterinary
  • Coinfection* / microbiology
  • Coinfection* / parasitology
  • Coinfection* / veterinary
  • Female
  • Macaca mulatta*
  • Male
  • Monkey Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Monkey Diseases* / microbiology
  • Monkey Diseases* / parasitology
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis* / isolation & purification
  • Tuberculosis* / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis* / veterinary