Infections by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii are widely prevalent in humans and
animals in Brazil. The burden of clinical toxoplasmosis in humans is considered to be very …

Found worldwide from Alaska to Australasia, Toxoplasma gondii knows no geographic
boundaries. The protozoan is the source of one of the most common parasitic infections in …

Background: Understanding which non-human primates (NHPs) act as a wild reservoir for
blood-borne pathogens will allow us to better understand the ecology of diseases and the …

Clinical information was available for 32 of 33 New World primates with fatal toxoplasmosis,
all of which were subjected to a variable number of pathological observations. Death without …

Background Toxoplasmosis is an important disease affecting captive non‐human primates.
The goal of this study was to assess the seroprevalence and pathological findings of …

In this study, we captured 60 wild New World monkeys (Cebus spp.; Alouatta caraya) at the
Paraná river basin, Paraná State, Brazil, and modified agglutination test (MAT) was …

Os zoológicos modernos são instituições destinadas à manutenção da fauna selvagem com
o objetivo de promover a conservação, pesquisa científica, lazer, recreação e educação …

The increased demand for non-human primates (NHPs) in biomedical research has resulted
in alternative sources of animals being used, which has allowed for importation of animals …

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease affecting warm-blooded vertebrates and caused by
Toxoplasma gondii. For most hosts, infection with T. gondii is unapparent or produces subtle …

Despite advances in the husbandry of nonhuman primates, natural and experimentally
induced diseases continue to pose risks to animal health. These risks are particularly …