Short communication: epidemiological evidence that simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in Macaca fuscata has an alternative transmission route to maternal infection.
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.
Eguchi
Katsuyuki
K
Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, NEKKEN, The Global Center of Excellence, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
Ohsawa
Kazutaka
K
Fuse Kiyono
Mieko
M
Suzuki
Juri
J
Kurokawa
Kenji
K
Yamamoto
Taro
T
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*