1988 Volume 41 Issue 3 Pages 192-194
Flagellate trophozoites and embryonated nematode eggs were detected from the feces of a squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus, kept in Tokushima-shi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, in June, 1986. The flagellates were identified as Pentatrichomonas hominis from the morphology of the trophozoites in Giemsa-stained smears of feces. The nematodes were identified as Strongyloides sp., probably S. cebus which might be a synonym of S. fuelleborni, from the morphological features of embryonated eggs which passed into feces and worms of each developmental stage obtained by Harada and Mori's fecal culture. These two species of parasites possibly infect human beings, so that they are important from a viewpoint of public health.
