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

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

UC Davis Previously Published Works (2017)

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 SRV1-5 infection as the cause, but provide evidence for several possibilities including serological artifact, new/different SRV, or an endogenous virus.

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