Epidemiology of herpesvirus papio infection in a large captive baboon colony: similarities to Epstein-Barr virus infection in humans.
Jenson, Hal B Ench, Yasmin Gao, Shou-Jiang Rice, Karen Carey, Dee Kennedy, Ronald C Arrand, John R Mackett, Mike
Jenson, Hal B
Ench, Yasmin
Gao, Shou-Jiang
Rice, Karen
Carey, Dee
Kennedy, Ronald C
Arrand, John R
Mackett, Mike
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Abstract
The epidemiology of herpesvirus papio, a lymphocryptovirus similar to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), was studied in a captive colony of >1900 baboons. Herpesvirus papio IgG antibody titers were measured by IFA. In total, 438 specimens from 296 baboons were assessed, including 116 serial specimens from 52 juveniles and 6 infants studied monthly for 1 year following birth and at age 18 months. Maternally derived antibody reached a nadir at 4 months of age. About 75% of animals at 12 months of age and >95% of animals after age 24 months demonstrated serologic evidence of herpesvirus papio infection. After age 3 years, the geometric mean titer was 1:60-75. The epidemiology of herpesvirus papio infection in baboons closely parallels that of EBV infection in humans. An animal model of lymphocryptovirus infection will facilitate investigations of human lymphocryptovirus biology.
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Date
2000-04
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Keywords
Social Behaviour
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Article
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Epidemiology of herpesvirus papio infection in a large captive baboon colony: similarities to Epstein-Barr virus infection in humans. 2000, 181 (4):1462-6 J. Infect. Dis.