Primate Parasite Ecology

Michael Huffman is an Associate Professor, and the first North American tenured faculty member, at Kyoto University's Primate Research Institute. He is currently an editor for the American Journal of Primatology, and has been the PI of several multi-disciplinary international collaborations spanning over 15 countries. Colin Chapman is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and McGill School of Environment at McGill University. He has been an associate scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society since 1995 and for the last 17 years has conducted research in the Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Primate disease ecology: an integrative approach; Part I. Methods to Study Primate-Parasite Interactions: 1. Collection methods and diagnostic procedures for primate parasitology; 2. Methods of collection and identification of minute nematodes from the feces of primates, with special application to coevolutionary study of pinworms; 3. The utility of molecular methods for elucidating primate-pathogen relationships – the Oesophagostomum bifurcum example; 4. The application of endocrine measures in primate parasite ecology; 5. Using agent-based models to investigate primate disease ecology; Part II. The Natural History of Primate–Parasite Interactions: 6. What does a parasite see when it looks at a chimpanzee?; 7. Primate malarias: evolution, adaptation, and species jumping; 8. Disease avoidance and the evolution of primate social connectivity: Ebola, bats, gorillas, and chimpanzees; 9. Primate-parasitic zoonoses and anthropozoonses: a literature review; 10. Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history; 11. Cryptic species and biodiversity of lice from primates; 12. Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens in intestinal microflora of non-human primates; 13. Intestinal bacteria of chimpanzees in the wild and in captivity - an application of molecular ecological methodologies; 14. Gastrointestinal parasites of bonobos in the Lomako Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo; 15. Habitat disturbance and seasonal fluctuations of lemur parasites in the rain forest of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar; 16. Chimpanzee-parasite ecology at Budongo Forest (Uganda) and the Mahale Mountains (Tanzania): influence of climatic differences on self-medicative behavior; Part III. The Ecology of Primate–Parasite Interactions: 17. Primate exposure and the emergence of novel retroviruses; 18. Overview of parasites infecting howler monkeys, Alouatta sp., and potential consequences of human-howler interactions; 19. Primate parasite ecology: patterns and predictions from an ongoing study of Japanese macaques; 20. Crop raiding: the influence of behavioral and nutritional changes on primate-parasite relationships; 21. Can parasites infections be a selective force influencing primate group size? A test with red colobus; 22. How does diet quality affect the parasite ecology of mountain gorillas?; 23 Host-parasite Dynamics: Connecting Primate Field Data to Theory; Part IV. Conclusions: 24. Ways forward in the study of primate disease ecology; 25. Useful diagnostic references and images of protozoans, helminths, and nematodes commonly found in wild primates.