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SUBMITTER: Courgnaud V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC140619 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Courgnaud Valerie V Formenty Pierre P Akoua-Koffi Chantal C Noe Ronald R Boesch Christophe C Delaporte Eric E Peeters Martine M
Journal of virology 20030101 1
In order to study primate lentivirus evolution in the Colobinae subfamily, in which only one simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) has been described to date, we screened additional species from the three different genera of African colobus monkeys for SIV infection. Blood was obtained from 13 West African colobids, and HIV cross-reactive antibodies were observed in 5 of 10 Piliocolobus badius, 1 of 2 Procolobus verus, and 0 of 1 Colobus polykomos specimens. Phylogenetic analyses of partial pol se ...[more]