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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 MalaivijitnondComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Author affiliations: Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Science, Bangkok, Thailand (S. Meesawat, S. Malaivijitnond); National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani, Thailand (S. Warit); Chulalongkorn University National Primate Research Center of Thailand Saraburi, Thailand (Y. Hamada, S. Malaivijitnond)

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Table 4

Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in throat swabs using IS6110-specific nested PCR in 32 populations of macaques, Thailand, 2018–2022*

Species (common name) Age group Male
Female
Total
Positive, % (95% CI) Positive, % (95% CI) Positive, % (95% CI)
Macaca mulatta (rhesus)
Adult 12, 18.2 (8.9–27.5) 19, 28.8 (17.9–39.7) 31, 47.0 (24.4–47.6)
Subadult 9, 13.6 (5.4–21.9) 10, 15.2 (6.5–23.8) 19, 28.8 (17.9–39.7)
Juvenile 9, 13.6 (5.4–21.9) 7, 10.6 (0.8–13.2) 16, 24.2 (13.9–34.6)
Total
30, 45.5 (33.4–57.5)
36, 54.5 (24.4–47.6)
66, 100.0 (100.0–100.0)
M. fascicularis fascicularis (common long-tailed)
Adult 15, 26.8 (15.2–38.4) 13, 23.2 (12.1–34.3) 28, 50.0 (36.9–63.1)
Subadult 9, 16.1 (6.5–25.7) 9, 16.1 (6.5–25.7) 18, 32.1 (19.9–44.4)
Juvenile 6, 10.7 (2.6–18.8) 4, 7.1 (0.4–13.9) 10, 17.9 (7.8–27.9)
Total
30, 53.6 (40.5–66.6)
26, 46.4 (33.4–59.5)
56, 100.0 (100.0–100.0)
M. fascicularis aurea (Burmese long-tailed)
Adult 3, 50.0 (10.0–90.0) 0 3, 50.0 (10.0–90.0)
Subadult 1, 16.7 (0.0–46.5) 0 1, 16.7 (0.0–46.5)
Juvenile 2, 33.3 (0.0–71.1) 0 2, 33.3 (0.0–71.1)
Total
6, 100.0 (100.0–100.0)
0
6, 100.0 (100.0–100.0)
All
Total
66, 51.6 (42.9–60.2)
62, 48.4 (39.8–57.1)
128, 100.0 (100.0–100.0)
*Bold indicates significant difference (p <0.05) from other species

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