Fatal disseminated encephalitozoonosis in a captive, adult Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii) and subsequent serosurvey of the exposed conspecifics

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-227

  Davis, Michelle R ^a   Kinsel, Michael ^b   Wasson, Katherine ^c   Boonstra, Jennifer ^d   Warneke, Mark ^e   Langan, Jennifer N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Chicago Exotics Animal Hospital   (United States)

^e BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Callimico goeldii; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Goeldi's monkey; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MARMOSET; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CALLIMICO; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

CALLIMICO GOELDII; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MARMOSETS; MICROSPORIDIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 44649144495     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2007-0114R.1     Document Type: Article

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