Detección de Tuberculosis en primates no humanos diagnosticados mediante la prueba de Tuberculina Intradérmica en Centros de Fauna Silvestre de la ciudad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a zoonotic disease considered a danger to public health. Nonhuman primates are susceptible to this disease; however, since they are wild fauna, their presence and current situation in these animals are not known. Intrademal tuberculin is the standard test for detecting tuberculosis in mammals. During the development of this study, non-human primates belonging to two Wildlife Centers in the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, were examined during the first 24, 48, and 72 hours following the inoculation of Bovine PPD Tuberculin for palpebral evaluation according to proposed criteria that designated different grades of reaction (from 0 to 5), allowing to determine whether the primate was positive or negative for Tuberculosis. 0% of positive cases were detected in the intradermal tuberculin test in primates of six different species, including juveniles, adults, and gerontes, as well as males and females. Likewise, through a clinical record, the risk factors faced by each specimen were identified and correlated with the reactions presented by the primates, obtaining grade 1 reactions in two primates during the first 48 hours, which could be due to possible contact with infected humans or animals according to habitat records. Thus, it is concluded that there is no difference between risk factors regarding the reactions presented by the primates, however, there is a difference in the number of reactions in relation to the registered primates.