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Transverse myelitis following measles vaccination in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).

Anna E SarfatyRobert K FulbrightSusan R ComptonJennifer L AsherCaroline J Zeiss
Published in: Journal of medical primatology (2019)
A 16-year-old rhesus macaque presented with progressive, ascending quadriparesis following measles vaccination. He was diagnosed with transverse myelitis following MRI, gross necropsy, and histopathology. This is the first report of transverse myelitis in a rhesus macaque following measles vaccination.
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