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Transient compartmentalization of simian immunodeficiency virus variants in the breast milk of african green monkeys.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2013
Ho Carrie, Wu Steven, Amos Joshua D, Colvin Lisa, Smith Shannon D, Wilks Andrew B, Demarco C Todd, Brinkley Christie, Denny Thomas N, Schmitz Joern E, Rodrigo Allen G, Permar Sallie R
Abstract excerpt
Natural hosts of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), African green monkeys (AGMs), rarely transmit SIV via breast-feeding. In order to examine the genetic diversity of breast milk SIV variants in this limited-transmission setting, we performed phylogenetic analysis on envelope sequences of milk...
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