Fatal shigellosis in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in the Jos Zoo, Nigeria.
Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae was diagnosed in an adult male captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) which died suddenly after a brief recovery from illness lasting at least 3 wk. Confirmatory diagnosis was based on postmortem examination and cultural isolation of Shigella dysenteriae from the intestine, liver, lung, spleen and heart blood.
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Diagnostic Division, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria.
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D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000302:isolation & purification