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SUBMITTER: Smith GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4378528 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of medical primatology 20150121 2
<h4>Background</h4>African non-human primates are SIV natural hosts and do not develop disease following infection. Understanding disease avoidance mechanisms in these species is important for HIV vaccine development. The largest captive population of sooty mangabeys, a SIV natural host species, resides at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.<h4>Methods</h4>Thirteen primer sets that amplify polymorphic microsatellite loci within the MHC region were used to genotype 144 animals. Immunogen ...[more]