Abstract
Abstract
The baboon colony of the Sukhumi Primate Center of Abkhasia displayed a massive increase in the infection from malignant lymphoma. Baboons were initially inoculated with human blood samples from lymphoma patients. The question we posed: Was this lymphoma the result of a virus introduced from a human host? Did the virus spread through the colony through social contact and bites? Unlike the colony of free-ranging baboons, on the outskirts of Sukhumi, they show no signs of the lymphoma. The simian T cell lymphoma virus (STLV-1) appears to be the etiological agent of the Sukhumi lymphoma outbreak. However, based on sequence similarities of baboon and macaque viruses, it appears that interspecies transmission had occurred between the two primate genera and species.
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Oxford University PressNew York, NY
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