title: Melioidosis in imported non-human primates.
abstract: In 1969, five cases of melioidosis in three separate outbreaks were diagnosed in nonhuman primates in the United States. In the first outbreak, two stump-tailed macaque monkeys (Macaca arctoides) developed signs of the disease approximately 6 months after purchase. A third animal, a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), probably acquired its infection from one of these monkeys. Two other unrelated cases involving a pig-tailed monkey (Macaca nemestrina) and a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) were diagnosed. These monkeys had been imported 3 years and 6 months, respectively, prior to the recognized onset of their disease. These cases represent the first known occurrences of spontaneous melioidosis in nonhuman primates in the United States.
authors.affiliation: Epidemiology Program, National Communicable Disease Center, HSMHA, PHS, USDHEW, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dillingham
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016957:Burkholderia pseudomallei / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D008554:Melioidosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology