Volume 29, Number 3—March 2023
Research
Prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex among Wild Rhesus Macaques and 2 Subspecies of Long-Tailed Macaques, Thailand, 2018–2022
Suthirote Meesawat, Saradee Warit, Yuzuru Hamada, and Suchinda Malaivijitnond
Table 3
Detection of MTBC in throat swabs using IS6110-specific nested PCR in 32 populations of macaques, by sex and location found, Thailand, 2018–2022*
| Species (common name) | Location | No. positive/total no. (%) | MTBC PCR detected in throat swab specimens, no. positive/total no. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M age groups† |
F age groups† |
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| Adult | Subadult | Juvenile | Adult | Subadult | Juvenile | ||||
| Macaca mulatta (rhesus) |
Wat Phra Phutthabat Pha Ruea | 2/57 (3.5) | 0/2 | 0/10 | 1/18 (5.6) | 0/4 | 0/10 | 1/13 (7.7) | |
| Ban Sang School | 29/42 (69.0) | 6/9 (66.7) | 4/5 (80.0) | 3/6 (50.0) | 11/15 (73.3) | 3/5 (60.0) | 2/2 (100.0) | ||
| Ban Phon Kor | 12/19 (63.2) | 4/5 (80.0) | 2/3 (66.7) | 3/5 (60.0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 1/1 (100.0) | 1/2 (50.0) | ||
| Wat Tham Erawan | 23/60 (38.3) | 2/3 (66.7) | 3/10 (30.0) | 2/10 (20.0) | 7/11 (63.6) | 6/18 (33.3) | 3/8 (37.5) | ||
| Total |
66/178 (37.1) |
12/19 (63.2) |
9/28 (32.1) |
9/39 23.1) |
19/33 (57.6) |
10/34 (29.4) |
7/25 (28.0) |
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| M. fascicularis fascicularis (common long-tailed) |
Wat Mueang Khaen Yai | 5/60 (8.3) | 0/2 | 0/15 | 1/8 (12.5) | 3/22 (13.6) | 1/11 (9.1) | 0/2 | |
| Wat Ku Phra Ko Na | 9/77 (11.7) | 1/13 (7.7) | 3/22 (13.6) | 0/11 | 3/13 (23.1) | 1/9 (11.1) | 1/9 (11.1) | ||
| Lopburi | 2/91 (2.2) | 0/21 | 0/17 | 0/9 | 1/29 (3.4) | 1/11 (9.1) | 0/4 | ||
| Phar Phothisat | 7/304 (2.3) | 3/51 (5.9) | 2/35 (5.7) | 0/27 | 1/102 (1.0) | 1/57 (1.8) | 0/32 | ||
| Wat Kai | 5/60 (8.3) | 3/25 (12.0) | 0/15 | 0/0 | 2/10 (20.0) | 0/9 | 0/1 | ||
| Phra Phutthabat Noi | 5/118 (4.2) | 2/2 (100.0) | 1/5 (20.0) | 1/52 (1.9) | 0/5 | 1/12 (8.3) | 0/42 | ||
| Khao Laem Pu Chao | 1/10 (10.0) | 1/3 (33.3) | 0/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0/2 | ||
| Wat Tham Khao Cha Ang | 9/36 (25.0) | 1/9 (11.1) | 1/2 (50.0) | 3/10 (30.0) | 0/3 | 2/6 (33.3) | 2/6 (33.3) | ||
| Wat Khao Cha Ang | 6/15 (40.0) | 4/10 (40.0) | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 (50.0) | 1/3 (33.3) | ||
| Wat Kao Tharmon | 7/72 (9.7) | 0/23 | 2/20 (10.0) | 1/6 (16.7) | 3/11 (27.3) | 1/9 (11.1) | 0/3 | ||
| Total |
56/843 (6.6) |
15/159 (9.4) |
9/134 (6.7) |
6/123 (4.9) |
13/195 (6.7) |
9/128 (7.0) |
4/104 (3.9) |
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| M. fascicularis aurea (Burmese long-tailed) |
Tham Pra Khayang | 2/40 (5.0) | 1/15 (6.7) | 0/4 | 1/5 (20.0) | 0/6 | 0/7 | 0/3 | |
| Mangrove Forest Research Center | 4/35 (11.4) | 2/10 (20.0) | 1/7 (14.3) | 1/9 (11.1) | 0/2 | 0/4 | 0/3 | ||
| Total |
6/75 (8.0) |
3/25 (12.0) |
1/11 (9.1) |
2/14 (14.3) |
0/8 |
0/11 |
0/6 |
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| All | Total | 128/1,096 (11.7) | 30/203 (14.8) | 19/173 (11.0) | 17/176 (9.7) | 32/236 (13.6) | 19/173 (11.0) | 11/135 (8.1) | |
*MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. †Adult, >6 y; subadult, 3–6 y; juvenile, <3 y.
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