Volume 18, Number 2—February 2012
Dispatch
Survey of Infections Transmissible Between Baboons and Humans, Cape Town, South Africa
Julian A. Drewe
, M. Justin O’Riain, Esme Beamish, Hamish Currie, and Sven Parsons
, M. Justin O’Riain, Esme Beamish, Hamish Currie, and Sven ParsonsTable 1
Results of diagnostic tests for exposure to 10 infectious diseases in 27 wild baboons, Cape Peninsula , South Africa, April 2011*
| Infection | Diagnostic test | No. (%) baboons testing positive |
|---|---|---|
| CMV | Anti-CMV IgG ELFA | 9 (33) |
| HAV | Anti-HAV total immunoglobulins ELFA | 8 (30) |
| EBV | Anti-EBV early and nuclear antigens IgG ELFA | 5 (19) |
| Measles virus | Anti-measles virus IgG ELFA | 0 |
| Polio virus | Serum neutralisation test | 0 |
| Tuberculosis | Whole blood gamma interferon test | 0 |
| Salmonella spp. | Fecal culture† | 0 |
| Shigella spp. | Fecal culture† | 0 |
| Yersinia spp. | Fecal culture† | 0 |
| Camplyobacter spp. | Fecal culture† | 0 |
*CMV, cytomegalovirus; ELFA, enzyme-linked fluorescent assay; HAV, hepatitis A virus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus.
†Single fecal cultures performed on samples from 21 baboons only.
