Article: Unique pattern of enzootic primate viruses in Gibraltar macaques.(DISPATCHES)

Because Gibraltar's macaques (Macaca sylvanus) have frequent contact with humans, we assayed 79 macaques for antibodies to enzootic primate viruses. All macaques were seronegative for herpesvirus B, simian T-cell lymphotropie virus, simian retrovirus, simian immunodefieiency virus, and rhesus cytomegalovirus. Seroprevalence of simian foamy virus reached 88% among adult animals.

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Animal reservoirs are the most likely sources of emerging infectious diseases that threaten human populations (1). Infectious agents from nonhuman primates, in particular, have caused a disproportionate number of new human diseases, leading to calls for international surveillance to ...

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