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Sexual transmission of SIVagm in wild grivet monkeys.

J Med Primatol. 1994 Jan;23(1):1-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/95018141
Phillips-Conroy JE; Jolly CJ; Petros B; Allan JS; Desrosiers RC; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University; School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

Abstract: This study reports the prevalence of simian immunodeficiency virus and the relationship of serostatus to age and sex among a wild population of Ethiopian grivet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops aethiops). Seropositivity paralleled patterns of sexual activity, being nearly universal in females of reproductive age, and absent in all males except those that were fully adult. One female seroconverted between two capture seasons at an age consistent with first breeding. Our findings support a predominantly sexual mode of transmission among SIVagm infected grivets.
Keywords: Age Factors Animal Animals, Wild Antibodies, Viral/BLOOD *Cercopithecus aethiops Disease Transmission, Horizontal/*VETERINARY Ethiopia Female Male Sex Behavior, Animal Sex Factors Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral/*VETERINARY Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*TRANSMISSION Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. SIV/PATHOGENICITY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDagefactorsanimalanimals,wildantibodies,viral/bloodKWDcercopithecusaethiopsdiseasetransmission,horizontal/KWDveterinaryethiopiafemalemalesexbehavior,animalsexfactorssexuallytransmitteddiseases,viral/KWDveterinarysimianacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDtransmissionsupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tsupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDsiv/pathogenicityjournalarticle
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