Filariae from a wild gorilla in Gabon with description of a new species of Mansonella.

A search for filariae was performed on a wild male Gorilla g. gorilla from the Lopé Reserve in Gabon, which had died as a result of injuries inflicted by another male gorilla. A female worm of Loa loa and female worms of two species of Mansonella were recovered from the deep tissues of a wounded thigh.

Intestinal parasites of sympatric gorillas and chimpanzees in the Lopé Reserve, Gabon.

A coprological survey of intestinal parasites of wild chimpanzees (Pan t. troglodytes) and western lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla) was carried out in the Lopé Reserve in central Gabon.