Article
Simian T-lymphotropic virus type I infection among wild-caught Indonesian pig-tailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina).
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes and human retrovirology : official publication of the International Retrovirology Association - 15 Dec 1998
Richards A L, Giri A, Iskandriati D, Pamungkas J, Sie A, Rosen L, Anthony R L, Franchini G
Abstract excerpt
Evidence for the presence of simian T-lymphotropic viruses (STLV-I) was identified in live-caught pig-tailed macaques from two locations in southern Sumatra, Indonesia. Of 60 animals tested, 13.3% of the animals showed seroreactivity to HTLV-I/II enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) antigens...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- DNA, Viral
- Deltaretrovirus Infections
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Genotype
- Indonesia
- Macaca nemestrina
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Monkey Diseases