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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Primatol. 2012 Jul;74(7):676–686. doi: 10.1002/ajp.22022

Table 1.

Literature review of naturally occurring MTBC in NHP

Year Location Context N NHP Genus ID mechanism ID
>1901–1923k USA Zoo 3 Simiadae necropsy MTBC
>1901–1923k USA Zoo 171 Cercopithecidae necropsy MTBC
>1901–1923k USA Zoo 18 Cebidae necropsy MTBC
>1901–1923k USA Zoo Lemuridae necropsy MTBC
1928–1932i England Lab 50 Macaca Histopathology, necropsy Mycobacterium
1931–1939l France Zoo 1 Gorilla necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 8 Pan necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 2 Hylobates necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 2 Cercocebus necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 10 Cercopithecus necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 130 Macaca necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 175 Papio necropsy MTBC
1931–1939l France Zoo 1 Radiata necropsy MTBC
1938a USA Lab 79 Macaca, Papio, Cercocebus TST, necropsy Mycobacterium
1940 France Zoo 2 Papio Necropsy MTBC
1940 France Zoo 1 Cercocebus Necropsy MTBC
1942–1944g USA Lab 290 Macaca Necropsy MTBC
1955l USA Lab 6 Pan necropsy MTBC
1955l USA Lab 69 Macaca necropsy MTBC
1957l USA Lab 101 Macaca Necropsy MTBC
1968h USA Lab 1 Macaca TST, necropsy Mycobacterium
1968h USA Lab 1 Macaca Necropsy Mycobacterium
1974m USA Lab 5 Macaca Necropsy, histopathology MTBC
1972–1978n USA Captive 7 Macaca Necropsy, histopathology, TST MTBC
1978n USA Lab 43 Macaca Necropsy, AFB, culture M. bovis (verified only in 3)
1978n USA Captive 1 Macaca TST, necropsy, culture M. tuberculosis
1979o USA Zoo 1 Presbytis Necropsy, AFB, culture MTBC
1979o USA Zoo 14 Presbytis TST following above case Mycobacterium
1981f USA Lab 1 Ateles Histopathology, culture MTBC
1981f USA Lab 1 Macaca Culture MTBC
1985c Kenya Free-range 2+? Papio Amino acid uptake MTBC
1990–1993b Mauritius Captive 76 Macaca TST, necropsy Mycobacterium
1990–1993b Philippines Captive 2 Macaca TST, necropsy Mycobacterium
1990–1993b Indonesia Captive 3 Macaca TST, necropsy Mycobacterium
1992v South Africa Zoo 3 Pan Culture, PCR RFLP M. tuberculosis
1993v South Africa Zoo 1 Papio Radiography, culture, PCR RFLP M. tuberculosis
1996p South Africa Free-range 1 Papio PGRS RFLP M. bovis
1999v South Africa Zoo 1 Semnopithecus PCR RFLP M. tuberculosis
2000v South Africa Zoo 1 Pan PCR RFLP M. tuberculosis
2001j Japan Captive 1 Pan Histopathology, necropsy, PCR
2001e USA Lab 27 Macaca Spoligotyping M. bovis
2002s Colombia Zoo 2 Cebus AFB, PCR, blots, RFLP MTBC
2002s Colombia Zoo 1 Saimiri AFB, PCR, blots, RFLP MTBC
2003j Japan Zoo 3 Varecia AFB M. tuberculosis Beijing?
2004j Japan Zoo 17 Macaca Not reported Not reported
2004j Japan Zoo 4 Colobus AFB M. tuberculosis Beijing?
2004j Japan Zoo 8 Cebus AFB M. tuberculosis Beijing
2006t Portugal Zoo 2 Mandrillus PCR RFLP, spoligotyping M. africanum II
2006u USA Lab 2 Papio TST, radiography, histopathology, culture MTBC
2007p Brazil Zoo 1 Ateles Necropsy, AFB, RFLP, spoligotyping M. tuberculosis
2008 USA Captive 32 Macaca TST, necropsy, histopathology, PCR, culture M. bovis
2009d USA Lab 1 Macaca PCR MTBC
2009r India Zoo 62 Macaca Not reported Mycobacterium