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Unique Pattern of Enzootic Primate Viruses in Gibraltar Macaques

Authors :
Gregory A. Engel
Mark Pizarro
Eric Shaw
John Cortes
Agustin Fuentes
Peter A. Barry
Nicholas Lerche
Richard Grant
Douglas Cohn
Lisa Jones-Engel
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 7, Pp 1112-1115 (2008)
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.

Abstract

Because Gibraltar's macaques (Macaca sylvanus) have frequent contact with humans, we assayed 79 macaques for antibodies to enzootic primate viruses. All macaques were seronegative for herpesvirus B, simian T-cell lymphotropic virus, simian retrovirus, simian immunodeficiency virus, and rhesus cytomegalovirus. Seroprevalence of simian foamy virus reached 88% among adult animals.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
14
Issue :
7
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.fab027c5ff24217a71e19fa92530154
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1407.071643