T-strain mycoplasma in the chimpanzee.
Specimens from 4 chimpanzees were cultured for T-strain mycoplasma and Mycoplasma hominis. T-strain mycoplasmas were recovered from the genital tract and throat of a male and the genital tract of his female cagemate; neither had clinical evidence of infection. Two other male chimpanzees were culturally negative for T-strain mycoplasmas. M hominis was not isolated from any of the animals. The chimpanzee may serve as a suitable experimental model for studying the role of T-strain mycoplasmas in human urethritis and reproductive failure.
D000818:Animals; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014521:Urethra / Q000382:microbiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology