Abstract
A systematic sampling technique was used in combination with a highly sensitive and specific ELISA to provide unbiased age-specific prevalence estimates of B virus antibody in rhesus monkeys housed in three different outdoor breeding corrals. Among 146 sampled monkeys, 97% of animals 2.5 years and older were seropositive, while only 22% of younger animals were seropositive. Neither gender nor social dominance ranking were predictive of B virus antibody status. The strong age association was not inconsistent with hypothesized veneral transmission of B virus. Improvements in the epidemiologic understanding of B virus are necessary to assist efforts to eradicate this agent from breeding colonies of rhesus monkeys.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 257-261 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Laboratory Animal Science |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 1990 |
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A cross sectional survey for B virus antibody in a colony of group housed rhesus macaques. / Weigler, B. J.; Roberts, Jeffrey A; Hird, D. W.; Lerche, N. W.; Hilliard, J. K.
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T1 - A cross sectional survey for B virus antibody in a colony of group housed rhesus macaques
AU - Weigler, B. J.
AU - Roberts, Jeffrey A
AU - Hird, D. W.
AU - Lerche, N. W.
AU - Hilliard, J. K.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - A systematic sampling technique was used in combination with a highly sensitive and specific ELISA to provide unbiased age-specific prevalence estimates of B virus antibody in rhesus monkeys housed in three different outdoor breeding corrals. Among 146 sampled monkeys, 97% of animals 2.5 years and older were seropositive, while only 22% of younger animals were seropositive. Neither gender nor social dominance ranking were predictive of B virus antibody status. The strong age association was not inconsistent with hypothesized veneral transmission of B virus. Improvements in the epidemiologic understanding of B virus are necessary to assist efforts to eradicate this agent from breeding colonies of rhesus monkeys.
AB - A systematic sampling technique was used in combination with a highly sensitive and specific ELISA to provide unbiased age-specific prevalence estimates of B virus antibody in rhesus monkeys housed in three different outdoor breeding corrals. Among 146 sampled monkeys, 97% of animals 2.5 years and older were seropositive, while only 22% of younger animals were seropositive. Neither gender nor social dominance ranking were predictive of B virus antibody status. The strong age association was not inconsistent with hypothesized veneral transmission of B virus. Improvements in the epidemiologic understanding of B virus are necessary to assist efforts to eradicate this agent from breeding colonies of rhesus monkeys.
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VL - 40
SP - 257
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JO - Comparative Medicine
JF - Comparative Medicine
SN - 1532-0820
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