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Outbreaks of toxoplasmosis in a captive breeding colony of squirrel monkeys.
Veterinary parasitology - 7 Jul 2009
Carme Bernard, Ajzenberg Daniel, Demar Magalie, Simon Stéphane, Dardé Marie Laure, Maubert Bertrand, de Thoisy Benoît
Abstract excerpt
Toxoplasma gondii is highly virulent in New World monkeys, but despite numerous outbreaks observed in captive populations there are few reports of molecular characterization of strains. In this article, we describe two outbreaks of toxoplasmosis that occurred in 2001 and 2006 in an outdoor captive breeding colony of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) kept by the Institut Pasteur in French Guiana. A...
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