Simian AIDS: isolation of a type D retrovirus and transmission of the disease

Authors :: Raymond V. Gilden
Roy V. Henrickson
Preston A. Marx
Maneth Gravell
Jay A. Levy
Peggy Moody
Murray B. Gardner
Kent G. Osborn
D. H. Maul
Linda J. Lowenstine
William T. London
Robert J. Munn
L O Arthur
Nicholas W. Lerche
John L. Sever
Source :: Science (New York, N.Y.). 223(4640)
Publication Year :: 1984
Abstract: A type D retrovirus related to but distinct from Mason-Pfizer monkey virus was isolated in vitro from the blood of two rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) with simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (SAIDS). Three juvenile rhesus monkeys that were injected intravenously with tissue culture fluids containing this virus developed SAIDS after 2 to 4 weeks.

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