Trypanosoma cruzi in non-human primates with a history of stillbirths: A retrospective study (Papio hamadryas spp.) and case report (Macaca fascicularis)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 318-328

  Grieves, Jessica L ^a   Hubbard, Gene B ^a   Williams, Jeff T ^a,b   Vandeberg, John L ^a,b   Dick Jr , Edward J ^a   López Alvarenga, Juan C ^b   Schlabritz loutsevitch, Natalia E ^c,d  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboon; Mmacaque; Placental lesions; Reproductive performance; Serology; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MACACA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STILLBIRTH; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; PAPIO; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MACACA FASCICULARIS; MUS; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 55449118273     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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