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Encephalitis associated with Trypanosoma cruzi in a Celebes black macaque
Laboratory Animal Science
|December 1, 1986
Abstract:
Progressive central nervous system depression developed in a Celebes black macaque (Macaca nigra) acquired from a zoo in Texas. A spinal tap revealed motile trypanosomes in the spinal fluid. Histological examination of the heart and brain revealed focal myocarditis and intracellular amastigotes, respectively.