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Disseminated lethal Encephalitozoon cuniculi (genotype III) infections in cotton-top tamarins (Oedipomidas oedipus)--a case report.
Parasitology international - 1 Mar 2004
Reetz Jochen, Wiedemann Maximilian, Aue Angelika, Wittstatt Ulrich, Ochs Andreas, Thomschke Angelika, Manke Heide, Schwebs Monika, Rinder Heinz
Abstract excerpt
For the first time, Encephalitozoon (E.) cuniculi genotype III ('dog strain') was verified in two cotton-top tamarins (Oedipomidas oedipus) by light microscopy, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, PCR and sequencing. The animals had a disseminated lethal infection with this protist. In earlier reports, genotype III had been found only in domestic dogs, man, emperor tamarins (Saguinus imperator) and golden...
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