T-STRAIN MYCOPLASMA IN CHIMPANZEE

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 26  (1) , 81-83
Abstract
Specimens from 4 chimpanzees were cultured for T-strain mycoplasmas and Mycoplasma hominis. T-strain mycoplasmas were recovered from the genital tract and throat of a male and the genital tract of his female cagemate; neither had clinical evidence of infection. Two other male chimpanzees were culturally negative for T-strain mycoplasmas. M. hominis was not isolated from any of the animals. he chimpanzee may serve as a suitable experimental model for studying the role of T-strain mycoplasmas in human urethritis and reproductive failure.

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