Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PRIMATOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 131-135Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2006.00151.x
Keywords
anemia; dyserithropoeisis; malaria; non-human primate; owl monkey
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI 49486] Funding Source: Medline
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Aotus lemurinus griseimembra are highly susceptible to infection by human malaria parasites and reproduce some of its clinical manifestations, including anemia. We developed a new surgical technique to obtain bone marrow samples from Aotus by surgical aspiration of the femur. First, we determined that the femur offered advantages over other bones, primarily due to lower fracture vulnerability. We tested a surgical technique using 20 G IV catheters in formaldehyde-preserved animals, then conducted the procedure on 27 live animals. This technique provided easy, quick surgical access to adequate volumes of bone marrow and was safe for almost all animals: only one died; another developed nervous impairment of the lower limb. Adequate cell samples were obtained in all animals and allowed cytological studies. This procedure offers a useful tool for bone marrow research in Aotus and helps overcome current limitations of such research in human where these studies are limited by ethical and technical issues.
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