Emerging diagnostic challenges and characteristics of simian betaretrovirus infections in captive macaque colonies | Zendy

Yee JoAnn L. | Zendy; Grant Richard | Zendy; Van Rompay Koen K. | Zendy; Kuller LaRene | Zendy; Carpenter Amanda | Zendy; Watanabe Robin | Zendy; Huebner Rebeca | Zendy; Agricola Brian | Zendy; Smedley Jeremy | Zendy; Roberts Jeffrey A. | Zendy

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Emerging diagnostic challenges and characteristics of simian betaretrovirus infections in captive macaque colonies

Author(s) -

Yee JoAnn L.,

Grant Richard,

Van Rompay Koen K.,

Kuller LaRene,

Carpenter Amanda,

Watanabe Robin,

Huebner Rebeca,

Agricola Brian,

Smedley Jeremy,

Roberts Jeffrey A.

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of medical primatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 1600-0684

pISSN - 0047-2565

DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12295

Subject(s) - macaque , biology , rhesus macaque , simian , virology , zoology , medicine , ecology , virus

To better understand Simian betaretrovirus ( SRV ) seropositivity in virus‐negative macaques, we transfused blood from SRV ‐infected or suspect donors into immunosuppressed naive recipients. Our results do not support typical SRV 1‐5 infection as the cause, but provide evidence for several possibilities including serological artifact, new/different SRV , or an endogenous virus.

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