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Nodular Worm Infection in Wild Chimpanzees in Western Uganda: A Risk for Human Health? 1 1,2 1 3 ´ ¨ 2 Sabrina Krief *, Benjamin Vermeulen , Sophie Lafosse , John M. Kasenene , Adelaıde Nieguitsila , Madeleine Berthelemy1, Monique L’Hostis4, Odile Bain5, Jacques Guillot2 ´ 1 UMR 7206-USM 104-Eco-anthropologie et ethnobiologie, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 2 UMR AFSSA, ENVA, Paris 12, BIPAR, Ecole Nationale ´ ´ ´ ´ Veterinaire d’Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France, 3 Makerere University Biological Field Station, Fort Portal, Uganda, 4 Service de Parasitologie, Ecole Nationale Veterinaire, ´ ´ Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation Nantes-Atlantique, Nantes, France, 5 UMR 7205 CNRS, Parasitologie comparee, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France Abstract This study focused on Oeosophagostomum sp., and more especially on O. bifurcum, as a parasite that can be lethal to humans and is widespread among humans and monkeys in endemic regions, but has not yet been documented in apes. Its epidemiology and the role played by non-human primates in its transmission are still poorly understood. O. stephanostomum was the only species diagnosed so far in chimpanzees. Until recently, O. bifurcum was assumed to have