Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Transmission of SIV Mne from female to male Macaca nemestrina

1992; Wiley; Volume: 21; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1600-0684.1992.tb00594.x

1600-0684

LaRene Kuller, Raoul Ė. Benveniste, Robin Watanabe, Che‐Chung Tsai, William R. Morton,

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Three SIV Mne ‐infected female pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) were mated with two SIV‐negative males. The females exhibited signs of SAIDS and SIV Mne was readily isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Both males became infected with SIV Mne , developed SAIDS, and died. This is the first documented case of the transmission of SIV Mne between adult macaques housed together. Although transmission through scratching or biting cannot be ruled out, heterosexual transmission appears the most likely mode of SIV Mne transmission in this study.