Abstract
Simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome (SAIDS) type D retrovirus (SRV) was isolated from saliva, urine, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a 6-year-old healthy rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) seronegative for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I, HTLV type III, and simian T-lymphotropic virus type III (STLV-III), identified as an inapparent SAIDS carrier in retrospective epidemiologic studies. This animal was linked to 34 cases of SAIDS over a 3-year period. Two juvenile rhesus monkeys inoculated iv with the SRV-containing saliva from this carrier became persistently infected with the retrovirus and developed SAIDS after 4-6 weeks. Both animals seroconverted to SRV, but neither had detectable preinoculation or postinoculation antibodies against HTLV type I, HTLV type III, or STLV-III. One of these animals died of SAIDS with disseminated cytomegalovirus infection after 24 weeks, and the other remains alive with persistent SRV viremia, generalized lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly after a transient immunosuppression. Major clinical and pathological features associated with the newly described STLV-III were not observed. SRV was subsequently identified in salive of 2 additional healthy carriers as well as monkeys with SAIDS. The findings of a carrier state in SAIDS and evidence for saliva transmission of the probable causative virus further support the usefulness of this animal model of nononcogenic immunosuppressive retroviral disease.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 489-496 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of the National Cancer Institute |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1986 |
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Inapparent carriers of simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome type D retrovirus and disease transmission with saliva. / Lerche, N. W.; Osborn, K. G.; Marx, P. A.; Prahalada, S.; Maul, D. H.; Lowenstine, Linda J; Munn, R. J.; Bryant, M. L.; Henrickson, R. V.; Arthur, L. O.
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T1 - Inapparent carriers of simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome type D retrovirus and disease transmission with saliva
AU - Lerche, N. W.
AU - Osborn, K. G.
AU - Marx, P. A.
AU - Prahalada, S.
AU - Maul, D. H.
AU - Lowenstine, Linda J
AU - Munn, R. J.
AU - Bryant, M. L.
AU - Henrickson, R. V.
AU - Arthur, L. O.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome (SAIDS) type D retrovirus (SRV) was isolated from saliva, urine, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a 6-year-old healthy rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) seronegative for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I, HTLV type III, and simian T-lymphotropic virus type III (STLV-III), identified as an inapparent SAIDS carrier in retrospective epidemiologic studies. This animal was linked to 34 cases of SAIDS over a 3-year period. Two juvenile rhesus monkeys inoculated iv with the SRV-containing saliva from this carrier became persistently infected with the retrovirus and developed SAIDS after 4-6 weeks. Both animals seroconverted to SRV, but neither had detectable preinoculation or postinoculation antibodies against HTLV type I, HTLV type III, or STLV-III. One of these animals died of SAIDS with disseminated cytomegalovirus infection after 24 weeks, and the other remains alive with persistent SRV viremia, generalized lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly after a transient immunosuppression. Major clinical and pathological features associated with the newly described STLV-III were not observed. SRV was subsequently identified in salive of 2 additional healthy carriers as well as monkeys with SAIDS. The findings of a carrier state in SAIDS and evidence for saliva transmission of the probable causative virus further support the usefulness of this animal model of nononcogenic immunosuppressive retroviral disease.
AB - Simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome (SAIDS) type D retrovirus (SRV) was isolated from saliva, urine, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a 6-year-old healthy rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) seronegative for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I, HTLV type III, and simian T-lymphotropic virus type III (STLV-III), identified as an inapparent SAIDS carrier in retrospective epidemiologic studies. This animal was linked to 34 cases of SAIDS over a 3-year period. Two juvenile rhesus monkeys inoculated iv with the SRV-containing saliva from this carrier became persistently infected with the retrovirus and developed SAIDS after 4-6 weeks. Both animals seroconverted to SRV, but neither had detectable preinoculation or postinoculation antibodies against HTLV type I, HTLV type III, or STLV-III. One of these animals died of SAIDS with disseminated cytomegalovirus infection after 24 weeks, and the other remains alive with persistent SRV viremia, generalized lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly after a transient immunosuppression. Major clinical and pathological features associated with the newly described STLV-III were not observed. SRV was subsequently identified in salive of 2 additional healthy carriers as well as monkeys with SAIDS. The findings of a carrier state in SAIDS and evidence for saliva transmission of the probable causative virus further support the usefulness of this animal model of nononcogenic immunosuppressive retroviral disease.
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VL - 77
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JO - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
JF - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
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