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Isolation and molecular characterization of Toxoplasma gondii in a colony of captive black-capped squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis).
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2015
Pardini L, Dellarupe A, Bacigalupe D, Quiroga M A, Moré G, Rambeaud M, Basso W, Unzaga J M, Schares G, Venturini M C
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Toxoplasmosis is commonly asymptomatic; however, it can be a fatal multisystemic disease in some animal species, such as New World monkeys. An outbreak of acute fatal toxoplasmosis was reported in a colony of black-capped squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis) from the zoo of La Plata, Argentina. Post-mortem examination of two monkeys revealed macroscopical and microscopical lesions compatible with acute...
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