title: Serological survey of a captive macaque colony in China for antibodies to simian type D retroviruses.
abstract: Sera from 510 macaques consisting of Macaca mulatta, Macaca assamensis, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca nemestrina, and Macaca arctoides were investigated for antibodies to simian AIDS type D retrovirus (SRV) by ELISA and Western blot with viral antigens purified from supernatants of SRV-1 infected cell cultures. Of these monkeys, 104 were seropositive by ELISA; only 23 were confirmed by Western blot. The true positive reaction to SRV was found in 15 of 463 (3.2%) M. mulatta and eight of eleven (72.7%) M. assamensis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Tianjin Medical College, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002681:China; D008251:Macaca / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008254:Macaca nemestrina / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D015301:Retroviruses, Simian / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012703:Serotyping; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral