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Detection of mycobacterial infection in non-human primates using the Xpert MTB/RIF molecular assay.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Dec 2017
da Silva Duanne Alves, Rêgo Amanda M, Ferreira Nicole V, de Andrade Manoela A S, Campelo Aline R, Caldas Paulo César S, Pereira Márcia Aparecida S, Redner Paulo, de Pina Lucindo C, Resende Felipe C, Pissinatti Thalita A, Lopes Claudia A A, Kugelmeier Tatiana, Perea Javier A S, de Souza Igo V, da Silva Fábio A, Campos Carla F, Fandinho Montes Fátima C O, Antunes L Caetano M
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis is a major public health concern, and diagnostic strategies applied to animal populations are scarce. As part of ongoing efforts to control tuberculosis dissemination at our animal facility, two non-human primates (NHP, Saimiri sciureus) presenting cutaneous lesions were examined for mycobacterial infection. Both animals tested positive for acid-fast bacilli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis using a...
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