Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Transmission of Human and Macaque Plasmodium spp. to Ex-Captive Orangutans in Kalimantan, Indonesia
Table
Demographic data and infection status of orangutans housed at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCC&Q), Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
| Demographic category | Size* | No. | Sex | Blood smear positive for Plasmodium spp. | DNA positive for Plasmodium spp. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| OCC&Q residents | Small | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 61 | 28 | 33 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Large | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Newly confiscated arrivals | Small | 14 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Medium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Large | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Newly confiscated arrivals treated previously for malaria | Small | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Large | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Newly recaptured feral animals | Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Large | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Small | 19 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Medium | 63 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Large | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
*Size classes were used as an estimate of age. Small orangutans weigh <15 kg, medium orangutans weigh 15–30 kg, and large orangutans weigh >30 kg. *Size classes were used as an estimate of age. Small orangutans weigh <15 kg, medium orangutans weigh 15–30 kg, and large orangutans weigh >30 kg. | |
*Size classes were used as an estimate of age. Small orangutans weigh <15 kg, medium orangutans weigh 15–30 kg, and large orangutans weigh >30 kg.
1Current affiliation: University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2Current affiliation: Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Freetown, Sierra Leone
