Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute Co-Publisher: Negah Scientific Publisher Archives of Razi Institute 0365-3439 63 1 2008 03 01 Yersinia enterocolitica Infection in a Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) in Iran آلودگی یک سر میمون سبز آفریقایی به یرسینیا آنتروکولیتیکا در ایران 53 57 103752 10.22092/ari.2008.103752 EN R. Arefpajoohi Z. Sarbanan M.H. Hablolvarid G.R. Motamedi Journal Article 2016 01 12   A vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) housed at quarantine of Razi vaccine and serum research institute died following a few days of sickness. Multiple abscesses on the surface and inside the liver and enlargement of spleen with pinpoint white spot were the most prominent macroscopic features. We examined the organs of the dead monkey and Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated. In histopathologic examination of the liver, spleen and intestine sections, acute hepatitis, splenitis and enteritis were evident. This is the first report of fatal case of Y. enterocolitica infection in vervet monkey from Iran .  https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_103752_7da9aa1bdd052069e9d138cab8d26934.pdf