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Antibodies to type D retrovirus in talapoin monkeys.

J Gen Virol. 1991 Feb;72 ( Pt 2):453-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91132148
Ilyinskii P; Daniel M; Lerche N; Desrosiers R; New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical; School, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772.

Abstract: Sera from 154 African non-human primates were screened for the presence of antibodies to type D retrovirus proteins. Four of five talapoin monkeys (Miopithecus sp.) captured in western Africa were positive for antibodies to type D retrovirus by ELISA and by immunoblot reactivity. Talapoins are the only African non-human primates that have so far shown evidence for type D retrovirus infection. Thus, talapoin monkeys appear to be a reservoir of type D retrovirus infection.
Keywords: Africa, Western Animal Antibodies, Viral/*BLOOD Cercopithecidae/*IMMUNOLOGY Disease Reservoirs Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Immunoblotting Monkey Diseases/*EPIDEMIOLOGY Retroviruses Type D, Simian/*IMMUNOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Tumor Virus Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/*VETERINARY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDafrica,westernanimalantibodies,viral/KWDbloodcercopithecidae/KWDimmunologydiseasereservoirsenzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassayimmunoblottingmonkeydiseases/KWDepidemiologyretrovirusestyped,simian/KWDimmunologysupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tsupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDtumorvirusinfections/epidemiology/KWDveterinaryjournalarticle
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