One quarter of humans are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) worldwide.African green monkey (AGM, Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) interacts directly or indirectly with humans frequently on the island of St. Kitts.They serve as a reservoir for zoonotic pathogens of significant public health concerns.We have previously demonstrated that AGMs are infected with zoonotic parasites Trichuris trichiura and Hymenolepis diminuta.Nevertheless, research on their STHs is limited.In this study, faeces were opportunistically collected from wild AGMs near residential areas between May 2020 and March 2022.They were examined for zoonotic STHs using direct smears (two per sample) and molecular detection (PCR and DNA sequencing).The positive detection rates for whipworm were 60.0%, 60.0% for individual smears and 77.8% when both smears were combined.For hookworm, the rates were 13.3%, 6.7%, and 15.6%, respectively.Agreement between direct smear and molecular detection was https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182026102212
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