Melioidosis in imported non-human primates |
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Authors: | Kaufmann A F Alexander A D Allen M A Cronin R J Dillingham L A Douglas J D Moore T D |
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Institution: | Epidemiology Program, National Communicable Disease Center, HSMHA, PHS, USDHEW, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. |
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Abstract: | In 1969, five cases of melioidosis in three separate outbreaks were diagnosed in nonhuman primates in the United States. In the first outbreak, two stump-tailed macaque monkeys (Macaca arctoides) developed signs of the disease approximately 6 months after purchase. A third animal, a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), probably acquired its infection from one of these monkeys. Two other unrelated cases involving a pig-tailed monkey (Macaca nemestrina) and a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) were diagnosed. These monkeys had been imported 3 years and 6 months, respectively, prior to the recognized onset of their disease. These cases represent the first known occurrences of spontaneous melioidosis in nonhuman primates in the United States. |
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