Reactivation of a Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) experimentally infected with SIV.
Vet Pathol
; 39(6): 721-5, 2002 Nov.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12450203
ABSTRACT
Trypanosoma cruzi-like flagellates were incidentally noted in blood smears of a routinely monitored rhesus monkey experimentally infected with the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Immunodeficiency in the course of the SIV infection reactivated a chronic infection of Chagas' disease that had been unnoticed when the macaque was imported to Europe. The animal developed no specific clinical symptoms of American trypanosomiasis, but histologically a chagasic myocarditis was detected. Analysis of the small subunit rRNA gene of the trypanosome identified the protozoan as T. cruzi.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise du singe
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Virus de l'immunodéficience simienne
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Maladie de Chagas
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Macaca mulatta
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Maladies des singes
Type d'étude:
Prognostic_studies
Limites:
Animals
Langue:
En
Journal:
Vet Pathol
Année:
2002
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Allemagne