Sero‐epidemiological survey for brucellosis, leptospirosis, and toxoplasmosis in free‐ranging Alouatta caraya and Callithrix penicillata from São Paulo State, Brazil. Issue 3 (20th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Molina, Camila Vieira; Catão‐Dias, José Luiz; Ferreira Neto, José Soares; Vasconcellos, Silvio Arruda; Gennari, Solange Maria; do, Rodrigo Del Rio; de, Gisele Oliveira; de, Zenaide Maria; Vitaliano, Sérgio Netto; Strefezzi, Ricardo De Francisco; Bueno, Marina Galvão
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical primatology. Volume 43:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 197
• Page End: 201
• Publication Date: 2014-03-20
• Subjects: Primates -- Periodicals; Primates -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Medicine, Experimental -- Periodicals; 616.02738
• DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12112
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0047-2565

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="jmp12112-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="jmp12112-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background and Methods</title> <p>Sera were tested for <italic>Brucella spp</italic>., <italic>Leptospira spp</italic>. and <italic>Toxoplasma gondii</italic> antibodies in 68 free‐ranging New World monkeys from a forest fragment of the Brazilian Cerrado.</p> </sec> <sec id="jmp12112-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Results and Conclusion</title> <p>All animals were negative for <italic>Brucella spp</italic>. and <italic>Leptospira spp</italic>. However, 75% of <italic>Alouatta caraya</italic> and 16.6% of <italic>Callithrix penicillata</italic> were positive for <italic>T. gondii</italic>. The implications for conservation and health management are discussed.</p> </sec> </abstract>