Chronic fatal disease in gorillas seropositive for simian T-lymphotropic virus I antibodies.
Sera from 10 gorillas were tested by indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay, Western blotting and ELISA to Human T-lymphotropic viruses for cross-reacting with antibodies to Simian T-lymphotropic virus I (STLV-I). Four were antibody positive. Of the 4 seropositive gorillas, one has remained healthy, while 3 have died with similar disease problems as reconstructed from clinical records. It is not known whether a causal relationship exists between these diseases and STLV-I retrovirus infection.
Blakeslee
J R
JR
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus.
McClure
H M
HM
Anderson
D C
DC
Bauer
R M
RM
Huff
L Y
LY
Olsen
R G
RG
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D012698:Serologic Tests
D000914:Antibodies, Viral