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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2007, p. 6085-6088, Vol. 189, No. 16
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00468-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

New Streptococcus pneumoniae Clones in Deceased Wild Chimpanzees{triangledown}

Fang Chi,1,§ Michaela Leider,2,3,4,§ Fabian Leendertz,2,4* Carina Bergmann,1,{dagger} Christophe Boesch,4 Svenja Schenk,2,3,5 Georg Pauli,2 Heinz Ellerbrok,2 and Regine Hakenbeck1*

Department of Microbiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Paul Ehrlich Str. 23, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany,1 Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany,2 Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany,3 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany,4 Institute for Parasitology and International Animal Health, Free University of Berlin, Königsweg 67, D-14163 Berlin, Germany5

Received 21 March 2007/ Accepted 11 June 2007

In wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, sudden deaths which were preceded by respiratory problems had been observed since 1999. Two new clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae were identified in deceased apes on the basis of multilocus sequence typing analysis and ply, lytA, and pbp2x sequences. The findings suggest that virulent S. pneumoniae occurs in populations of wild chimpanzees with the potential to cause infections similar to those observed in humans.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Regine Hakenbeck: Department of Microbiology, University of Kaiserslautern, Paul Ehrlich Str. 23, D-67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. Phone: 49-631 205 2353. Fax: 49-631 205 3799. E-mail: hakenb{at}rhrk.uni-kl.de. Mailing address for Fabian Leendertz (chimpanzee questions): Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit, Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. Phone: 49-30-4547 2258. Fax: 49-30-4547 2605. E-mail: LeendertzF{at}rki.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 June 2007.

§ These two authors contributed equally to this work.

{dagger} Present address: Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH, Brucknerstr. 1, D-55127 Mainz, Germany.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2007, p. 6085-6088, Vol. 189, No. 16
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00468-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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