Journal of Wildlife Diseases · 1970 · 33 citations · 0 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesPathologyParasitologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyZoonotic DiseasesEmerging ZoonosesEmerging Zoonotic DiseasesZoonotic Disease DiagnosisZoonotic InfectionsZoonotic Outbreak InvestigationZoonotic Parasitic DiseasesParasitic Zoonotic DiseasesPrimate Infectious DiseasesPrimate ParasitologyPrimate Pathology
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.