Treponema Infection Associated With Genital Ulceration in Wild Baboons

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 292-303

  Knauf, S ^a,b   Batamuzi, E K ^c   Mlengeya, T ^d   Kilewo, M ^d   Lejora, I A V ^d   Nordhoff, M ^e   Ehlers, B ^b   Harper, K N ^f   Fyumagwa, R ^g   Hoare, R ^g   Failing, K ^a   Wehrend, A ^a   Kaup, F J ^h   Leendertz, F H ^b   Matz Rensing K ^h  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^d Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^h GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

genital; histology; immunohistochemistry; nonhuman primate; olive baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis); sexually transmitted disease; syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABOON; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMATOSIS; ULCER;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONKEY DISEASES; PAPIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANZANIA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS; ULCER;

PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84857681535     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985811402839     Document Type: Article

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