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Differential distribution of antibodies to different viruses in young animals in the free‐ranging rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago

2006; Wiley; Volume: 35; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0684.2006.00174.x

1600-0684

Carlos A. Sariol, Janis González‐Martínez, Teresa Arana, S. Gascot, Edu Suárez, Elizabeth Maldonado, M.S. Gerald, María Rodríguez, Edmundo N. Kraiselburd,

Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

The breeding colony of free-ranging rhesus macaques was established in 1938 in Cayo Santiago (CS) with animals collected in northern India. The seroprevalence to cercopithecine herpesvirus type 1 (B virus) and simian retroviruses has been studied previously.This is the first report on the seropositivity to different viruses using samples collected shortly after removing animals (n = 245) from CS. All samples were negative for measles, simian immunodeficiency virus and simian type D retroviruses. The overall prevalence of antibodies was around 50% for simian T-lymphotropic virus I (STLV-I). For B virus, the prevalence was 38%.Data obtained showed marked differences in the antibody distribution to B virus and STLV-I within the free-ranging colony of rhesus macaques. Implication of these data for the Specific Pathogen Free program at the Caribbean Primate Research Center are also discussed.