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1 October 2012 Evidence for Chlamydia in Wild Mammals of the Serengeti
Andreas Pospischil, Carmen Kaiser, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Hans Lutz, Monika Hilbe, Lloyd Vaughan, Nicole Borel
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Abstract

Only limited information is available on the presence of Chlamydiaceae in wildlife, a deficit that is particularly acute concerning mammalian wildlife in Africa. In a retrospective analysis of organ material from an earlier study on wild mammals from the Seregenti National Park, 521 samples from 54 animals of 14 mammalian species were investigated. The presence of Chlamydiaceae was analyzed using molecular methods and immunohistochemistry. Chlamydial DNA was detected by real-time polymerase chain reaction in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues from large ruminants (African buffaloes, Syncerus caffer, n=4) and a large predator (spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta, n=1). Micro-array results revealed Chlamydia abortus in all cases, confirmed by sequencing of selected samples, and a mixed infection with Chlamydia abortus and Chlamydia pneumoniae in an African buffalo. This is the first report of Chlamydiaceae in African wildlife of the Serengeti area.

Andreas Pospischil, Carmen Kaiser, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann, Hans Lutz, Monika Hilbe, Lloyd Vaughan, and Nicole Borel "Evidence for Chlamydia in Wild Mammals of the Serengeti," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 48(4), 1074-1078, (1 October 2012). https://doi.org/10.7589/2011-10-298
Received: 11 October 2011; Accepted: 1 May 2012; Published: 1 October 2012
KEYWORDS
Africa
Chlamydia
Serengeti
wild mammalian species
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