title: Short communication: epidemiological evidence that simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in Macaca fuscata has an alternative transmission route to maternal infection.
abstract: Serological inspection of Simian T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1 was conducted for a wild colony of Macaca fuscata, which was captured in the middle Honshu, Japan. The increase of positive rate after the juvenile stage with the positive rate reaching 100% (or 35/35) in youngster and adult stages, was observed. This finding suggests that, in contrast with human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1, horizontal transmission play an important role in increasing prevalence of STLV-1 with age among M. fuscata.
authors.affiliation: Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, NEKKEN, The Global Center of Excellence, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fuse Kiyono
authors.forename: Juri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kurokawa
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008251:Macaca; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D015303:Simian T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*