Spread and distribution of human T-cell leukaemia virus type I-reactive antibody among baboons and monkeys in the northern and eastern Transvaal.
Antibodies which probably indicate infection with human T-cell leukaemia virus type I (HTLV-I) were determined in three species of non-human primates from several localities. A significant prevalence among chacma baboons and vervet monkeys was confirmed. According to sero-epidemiological evidence that HTLV-I infection is predominantly sexually transmitted between adult animals; comparison of prevalence rates between localities or species should therefore take sexual maturity into account. It appears unlikely that transmission from non-human primates to humans is frequent.
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002521:Cercopithecus / Q000276:immunology*; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops / Q000276:immunology*; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D010215:Papio / Q000276:immunology*; D012192:Retroviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012741:Sexual Maturation; D013019:South Africa
D000914:Antibodies, Viral