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Mycobacterium kansasii Isolated from Tuberculinpositive Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the Absence of Disease.
Comparative medicine - 1 Aug 2017
Shipley Steven T, Johnson David K, Roodgar Morteza, Smith David Glenn, Montgomery Charles A, Lloyd Steven M, Higgins James A, Kriel Edwin H, Klein Hilton J, Porter William P, Nazareno Jerome B, Houghton Paul W, Panda Aruna, DeTolla Louis J
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterial infections are of primary health concern in NHP colonies in biomedical research. NHP are constantly monitored and screened for Mycobacterium spp. We report 6 Chinese-origin rhesus macaques infected with Mycobacterium kansasii that exhibited positive tuberculin skin tests in the absence of disease. Two of these macaques were being used for research purposes; the remaining 4 macaques were residing at...
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