Concurrent yellow fever and pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a free-ranging howler monkey (Alouatta sp)

Juliana Mariotti Guerra; Camila Santos da Silva Ferreira; Josué Díaz-Delgado; Juliana Possatto Fernandes Takahashi; Lidia Midori Kimura; Leonardo José Tadeu de Araújo; Rodrigo Albergaria Réssio; Cinthya Dos Santos Cirqueira; Carlos Hitoshi Ozahatar; Mariana Sequetin Cunha; Adriana Luchs; Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes

doi:10.1111/jmp.12522

Concurrent yellow fever and pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus in a free-ranging howler monkey (Alouatta sp)

J Med Primatol. 2021 Jun;50(3):201-204. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12522. Epub 2021 Apr 4.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Quantitative Pathology Department, Pathology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL), College Station, TX, USA.
³ Anatomic Pathology Department, Pathology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Municipal Health Department Surveillance in Zoonosis Control, Jundiaí, Brazil.
⁵ Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory, Virology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Enteric Disease Laboratory, Virology Center, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.

PMID: 33817795
DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12522

Abstract

Herein, we describe a unique case of concomitant angioinvasive pulmonary aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus and yellow fever in a free-ranging howler monkey (Alouatta sp). Lung samples were negative for influenza viruses A and B.

Keywords: arbovirus; aspergillosis; flavivirus; infectious diseases; primate; yellow fever.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alouatta*
Animals
Aspergillus fumigatus
Monkey Diseases* / diagnosis
Pulmonary Aspergillosis*
Yellow Fever*

Associated data

RefSeq/MN190284
RefSeq/MW413416