From the Mouths of Monkeys: Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNA From Buccal Swabs of Synanthropic Macaques

• Main Authors: Wilbur A., Engel G., Rompis A., Putra I., Lee B., Aggimarangsee N., Chalise M., Shaw E., Oh G., Schillaci M., Jones-Engel L.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84861560761&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42816
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Although the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) infects a third of all humans, little is known regarding the prevalence of mycobacterial infection in nonhuman primates (NHP). For more than a century, tuberculosis has been regarded as a serious infectious threat to NHP species. Advances in the...