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Captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) are commonly infected with Helicobacter cinaedi.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2002
Fernandez Kathy R, Hansen Lori M, Vandamme Peter, Beaman Blaine L, Solnick Jay V
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Helicobacter cinaedi may cause proctocolitis or bacteremia in homosexual men infected with human immunodeficiency virus or occasionally in other immunocompromised hosts. There are scattered reports of H. cinaedi isolated from a variety of animal hosts, but to date only hamsters have been found to be a common natural reservoir. Microaerophillic cultures of feces from 5 of 16 asymptomatic rhesus monkeys (Macaca...
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