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Transverse myelitis following measles vaccination in a rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta )
Author(s) -
Sarfaty Anna E.,
Fulbright Robert K.,
Compton Susan R.,
Asher Jennifer L.,
Zeiss Caroline J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12453
Subject(s) - rhesus macaque , transverse myelitis , measles , histopathology , vaccination , myelitis , macaque , medicine , pathology , virology , immunology , biology , multiple sclerosis , spinal cord , neuroscience , psychiatry
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.