Otro
Hemotropic mycoplasma in a free-ranging black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) in Brazil
Registro en:
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, v. 49, n. 3, p. 728-731, 2013.
0090-3558
10.7589/2012-06-159
WOS:000321798500037
2-s2.0-84879163220
Autor
Santos, Leonilda C.
Cubilla, Michelle P.
de Moraes, Wanderlei
Cubas, Zalmir S.
Oliveira, Marcos J.
Estrada, Marko
Leutenegger, Christian M.
Sykes, Jane E.
Lindsay, LeAnn L.
Marcondes, Mary
Filho, Ivan R. Barros
Biondo, Alexander W.
Resumen
Hemotropic mycoplasmas are bacteria that infect erythrocytes and cause subclinical infections to life-threatening disease. We describe hemotropic mycoplasma infection in a free-ranging black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya). This is the first molecular detection of a hemotropic mycoplasma in a nonhuman primate from Brazil. © Wildlife Disease Association 2013.