Schistosoma intercalatum Fisher, 1934 (Cameroon) infection in the patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas Schreber, 1775).

Kuntz R. E., McCullough B., Huang T. C. and Moore J. A. 1978. Schistosoma intercalatum Fisher, 1934 (Cameroon) infection in the patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas Schreber, 1775). International Journal for Parasitology8: 65–68. Patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) have been infected with Schistosoma intercalatum, a schistosome of increasing concern in Africa, to study definitive host-parasite relationships. A high compatibility for parasitism in the S. intercalatum-patas monkey system was demonstrated suggesting this combination for long-term investigations in which minimal parasite destruction by the host would be expected. Egg production by S. intercalatum was high. Most eggs are deposited in the large intestine, but they elicit only slight pathology. No pathologic involvement of the urinary bladder was observed, in contrast to previous investigations in which other species of nonhuman primates infected with S. intercalatum developed extensive pathology.