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Squirrel monkey

Animal common names
Squirrel monkey
Family
Mammalia
Animal genus and species
Saimiri sciureus
Serovar
Copenhageni
Serogroup
Icterohaemorrhagiae
Presumptive species
L.interrogans


Country names
French Guiana
Other location data
Within a breeding colony at the Institute Pasteur
Year
Not stated


Specimen type
Blood
Detection method
Culture
Determining method
Monoclonal antibodies, Cross agglutination absorption test (CAAT)


Number of animals with id isolates
2
Animal age class
Adult
Animal health
Diseased

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Citation

Perolat P, Poingt JP, Vie JC, Jouaneau C, Baranton G, Gysin J, 1992. Occurrence of severe leptospirosis in a breeding colony of squirrel monkeys. Am J Trop Med Hyg 46: 538-545.