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Phenotypic and functional characterization of lymphocytes from different age groups of Bolivian squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Nehete Pramod N, Hanley Patrick W, Nehete Bharti P, Yang Guojun, Ruiz Julio C, Williams Lawrence, Abee Christian R, Sastry K Jagannadha
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Due to many physiological and genetic characteristic similarities to humans, squirrel monkeys provide an ideal animal model specifically for studying malaria, and transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease). While squirrel monkeys three years and older are generally considered adult subjects suitable for use in medical research studies, little is known about the functional properties of...
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