Visceral leishmaniasis in an infant gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): Clinical signs, diagnosis, and successful treatment with single-dose liposomal amphotericin B.
Herlandes Penha TinocoMaria Elvira Loyola Teixeira da CostaAngela Tinoco PessanhaCarlyle Mendes CoelhoTatiane Furtado de CarvalhoJuliana Pinto da Silva MolAgostinho Gonçalves VianaLilian Lacerda BuenoRicardo Toshio FujiwaraRenato de Lima SantosPublished in: Journal of medical primatology (2018)
A 2-year-old captive gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) was diagnosed with visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil, and treated with a single dose of liposomal amphotericin B, which resulted in clinical cure. This is the first report of visceral leishmaniasis in gorillas, and the first reported liposomal amphotericin B treatment in great apes.
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