Research Institute of Medical Primatology, Adler; Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow, Russia
In monkeys contained in captivity conditions in open-air cages or in group cages human mycoplasmas are of-ten detected: antigens of Mycoplasma hominis in blood serum were revealed in 33.3% of cases, and antibodies to it — in 15.6% of cases. IgM to M.hominis were detected more often than IgG. In 8 monkeys both types of immu-noglobulins were detected. Rates of detection of Ureaplasma urealyticum antigens and specific antibodies were 43.1% and 31.1% respectively, and IgG were found more frequently than IgM (in 22 cases both types of immu-noglobulins were revealed). High rates of M.hominis and U.urealyticum antigens and antibodies detection in blood serum of both healthy monkeys and monkeys with urogenital tract diseases show prevalence of human my-coplasmas carriage among monkeys contained in captivity conditions.
Zh. Microbiol. (Moscow), 2007, No. 5, P. 87—90