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Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Dispatch

Fatal Metacestode Infection in Bornean Orangutan Caused by Unknown Versteria Species

Tony L. GoldbergComments to Author , Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick, Kathleen M. Deering, Roberta S. Wallace, Victoria L. Clyde, Michael Lauck, Gail E. Rosen, Andrew J. Bennett, Ellis C. Greiner, and David H. O’Connor
Author affiliations: University of Wisconsin, Madison Wisconsin, USA (T.L. Goldberg, A. Gendron-Fitzpatrick, K.M. Deering, G.E. Rosen, A.J. Bennett, D.H. O’Connor); Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (A. Gendron-Fitzpatrick, K.M. Deering, R.S. Wallace, V. L. Clyde); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (E.C. Greiner); Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, Madison (T.L. Goldberg, D.H. O’Connor).

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Figure 1

Microscopic images of liver sections from a Bornean orangutan fatally infected with Versteria metacestodes. Images of liver sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain were captured at 10× magnification (A; scale bar = 30 μm) and 100× magnification; B; scale bar = 5 μm). Large numbers of parasite cells can be seen within well-defined cystic structures separated from the surrounding host tissue by clearly visible membranes.

Figure 1. . Microscopic images of liver sections from a Bornean orangutan fatally infected with Versteria metacestodes. Images of liver sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain were captured at 10× magnification (A; scale bar = 30 μm) and 100× magnification; B; scale bar = 5 μm). Large numbers of parasite cells can be seen within well-defined cystic structures separated from the surrounding host tissue by clearly visible membranes.

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