Evidence of potential Campylobacter jejuni zooanthroponosis in captive macaque populations
Xiaoqi Zang,
Ben Pascoe,
Evangelos Mourkas
et al.
Abstract:Non-human primates share recent common ancestry with humans and exhibit comparable disease symptoms. Here, we explored the transmission potential of enteric bacterial pathogens in monkeys exhibiting symptoms of recurrent diarrhoea in a biomedical research facility in China. The common zoonotic bacterium
Campylobacter jejuni
was isolated from macaques (Macaca mulatta and Macaca fascicularis) and compared to isolates from hum… Show more
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