Rhesus Macaques Are More Susceptible to Progressive Tuberculosis than Cynomolgus Macaques: a Quantitative Comparison.
Infect Immun
; 86(2)2018 02.
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ABSTRACT
In the past 2 decades, it has become increasingly clear that nonhuman primates, specifically macaques, are useful models for human tuberculosis (TB). Several macaque species have been used for TB studies, and questions remain about the similarities and differences in TB pathogenesis among macaque species, which can complicate decisions about the best species for a specific experiment. Here we provide a quantitative assessment, using serial positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) imaging and precise quantitative determination of bacterial burdens of low-dose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in cynomolgus macaques of Chinese origin, rhesus macaques of Chinese origin, and Mauritian cynomolgus macaques. This comprehensive study demonstrates that there is substantial variability in the outcome of infection within and among species. Overall, rhesus macaques have higher rates of disease progression, more lung, lymph node, and extrapulmonary involvement, and higher bacterial burdens than Chinese cynomolgus macaques. The small cohort of Mauritian cynomolgus macaques assessed here indicates that this species is more similar to rhesus macaques than to Chinese cynomolgus macaques in terms of M. tuberculosis infection outcome. These data provide insights into the differences among species, providing valuable data to the field for assessing macaque studies of TB.
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Tuberculose
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Suscetibilidade a Doenças
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Pulmão
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Macaca fascicularis
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Macaca mulatta
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article