In:
Journal of Medical Primatology, Wiley, Vol. 20, No. 4 ( 1991-06), p. 182-187
Abstract:
Fifteen SIV‐infected rhesus monkeys delivered 13 livebirths and two stillbirths; one livebirth died at three days of age. While all infants were culture‐negative for SIV at birth, nine had maternal antibodies that disappeared by six months of age. Three infants subsequently seroconverted and became virus positive at 9–15 months. Milk samples from all mothers were virus‐negative at parturition but samples from four animals were virus‐positive at nine and 12 months. This study documents maternal transmission of SIV and suggests transmission by breast‐feeding.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0047-2565
,
1600-0684
DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0684.1991.tb00516.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1991
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2026219-X