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The owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus) as an animal model in trachoma research. 1976

C E Fraser

The owl monkey, Aotus trivirgatus, in contrast to other species of nonhuman primates, was shown to be susceptable to infection with strains of Chlamydia trachomatis. It responded to experimental infection with a severe, acute, inflammatory reaction of short duration. Monkeys which recovered from infection were resistant to reinfection for more than 6 months and resistance was not strain specific. Eye secretion antibody titers correlated well with resistance to subsequent challenge. These studies taken together, established the owl monkey as a good animal model in which to study the pathogenesis and the immune responses to infection with C trachomatis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008992	Monkey Diseases	Diseases of Old World and New World monkeys. This term includes diseases of baboons but not of chimpanzees or gorillas (	Disease, Monkey,Diseases, Monkey,Monkey Disease
D002692	Chlamydia trachomatis	Type species of CHLAMYDIA causing a variety of ocular and urogenital diseases.
D004195	Disease Models, Animal	Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases.	Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000882	Haplorhini	A suborder of PRIMATES consisting of six families: CEBIDAE (some New World monkeys), ATELIDAE (some New World monkeys), CERCOPITHECIDAE (Old World monkeys), HYLOBATIDAE (gibbons and siamangs), CALLITRICHINAE (marmosets and tamarins), and HOMINIDAE (humans and great apes).	Anthropoidea,Monkeys,Anthropoids,Monkey
D000907	Antibodies, Bacterial	Immunoglobulins produced in a response to BACTERIAL ANTIGENS.	Bacterial Antibodies
D001029	Aotus trivirgatus	A species in the family AOTIDAE, inhabiting the forested regions of Central and South America (from Panama to the Amazon). Vocalizations occur primarily at night when they are active, thus they are also known as Northern night monkeys.	Humboldt's Night Monkey,Monkey, Northern Night,Night Monkey, Northern,Humboldt Night Monkey,Humboldts Night Monkey,Monkey, Humboldt's Night,Night Monkey, Humboldt's,Northern Night Monkey,Northern Night Monkeys
D014141	Trachoma	A chronic infection of the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.	Egyptian Ophthalmia,Ophthalmia, Egyptian,Trachomas