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Susceptibility of owl monkeys (Aotus nancymaae) to experimental infection with Bartonella bacilliformis.
Comparative medicine - 1 Feb 2008
Bentzel David E, Espinosa Benjamin J, Canal Enrique, Blazes David L, Hall Eric R
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Bartonellosis, caused by Bartonella bacilliformis, is a clinically significant disease in parts of South America, where it is characterized by fever and hemolytic anemia during the often-fatal acute stage and warty skin eruptions during chronic disease. In this study, we evaluated owl monkeys (Aotus nancymaae) as a potential model for studying the immunogenicity and pathology of bartonellosis. Two groups of...
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