Treatment of disseminated<i>Strongyloides</i>spp. infection in an infant Sumatran orangutan (<i>Pongo abelii</i>)

Abstract

Strongyloides nematodes have been reported in all species of great apes with orangutans ≤5 years old most susceptible to severe clinical disease. This brief communication describes the first published case of antemortem diagnosis and treatment of disseminated strongyloidiasis in a clinically affected 5-month-old Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii).