Leptospirosis in Primates Other than Man
| Autor: | Henri P. Minette |
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| Rok vydání: | 1966 |
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Primates
Serotype Captivity Troglodytes In Vitro Techniques Antibodies Animal Diseases Serology Patas monkey Agglutination Tests Virology biology.animal medicine Animals Leptospirosis Primate biology Monkey Diseases biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases biology.protein Parasitology Antibody |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 15:190-198 |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| DOI: | 10.4269/ajtmh.1966.15.190 |
| Popis: | Summary In general, the results of a serological survey of 1420 sera representing 34 species of primates agree with previous reports in the literature and suggest that there is either very little leptospiral infection in these animals in Nature, or that their antibodies formed in response to leptospiral infection do not persist for any appreciable length of time. Fourteen of the 19 serologic reactors among baboons (Papio sp.), 9 of the 48 reactors among chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), 2 of the 3 reactors among the patas monkeys (Cercopithecus patas), and the one reactor among the marmosets (Oedipomidas oedipus) showed antibodies agglutinating Leptospira ballum, a serotype not known to occur in the native habitat of these animals, but prevalent in the mouse in the United States. In addition, at least two of the L. icterohemorrhagiae infections in the group of chimpanzees examined are known to have occurred while the animals were in captivity; this serotype has also been demonstrated in the mouse and many other small mammals in the United States. All four of these primate species are known to catch and eat insects and small mammals. The absence of detectable leptospiral agglutinins in all except one of the small group of New World primates examined confirms the previous published and unpublished findings of other workers. To date, there is no evidence of leptospiral infections in Nature among any of the New World primates. |
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