[Campylobacter in the etiology of acute intestinal infections in primates].
The subjects of the study were 1,249 primates of different species, kept in a nursery in the city of Adler. The subjects varied in age, were either clinically healthy, diseased, or dead (the death had been caused by an acute intestinal disease). Biological, molecular-genetic (PCR), and immunological (coagglutination reaction) methods were used in diagnostics of campilobacter infections. The study found campilobacter in 20.9% of healthy animals on the average; this number varied depending on the species and age. The frequency of campilobacter infection in diseased and dead animals was higher than that in healthy ones (40.1% and 20.9%, respectively.) Two types of Campilobacter were identified: C. jejuni (73.4% of cases), and C. coli (14.2%). Clinical and pathomorphological manifestations of campilobacteriosis in primates and humans are similar. The portion of campilobacteriosis in acute intestinal diseases of primates is 40.1%.
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Stasilevich
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Krylova
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D000818:Animals; D002144:Callithrix / Q000382:microbiology; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000382:microbiology; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000382:microbiology; D008254:Macaca nemestrina / Q000382:microbiology; D048530:Papio anubis / Q000382:microbiology; D048529:Papio hamadryas / Q000382:microbiology; D011323:Primates / Q000382:microbiology*