Hemotropic mycoplasma in a free-ranging black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) in Brazil

Otros

Fecha

2013-07-01

Registro en:

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, v. 49, n. 3, p. 728-731, 2013.

0090-3558

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/75882

10.7589/2012-06-159

WOS:000321798500037

2-s2.0-84879163220

1817946671090010

Autor

Itaipu Hydroelectric Company

Federal University of Parana

IDEXX Laboratories Inc.

University of California

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

University of Illinois

Institución

Universidade Estadual Paulista (Brasil)

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.