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Type D Retrovirus Infection, Macaques

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Nonhuman Primates I

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With the exception of retroperitoneal fibromatosis, subcutaneous fibrosarcomas, and possibly noma, there is no gross lesion pathognomonic for type D retrovirus infection in macaques. Gross lesions vary considerably depending upon the clinical outcome of infection. Persistently viremic healthy carriers have been recognized who may have no gross lesions (Ahmed et al. 1974; Lerche et al. 1986). Some animals develop only mild illness with transient lymphadenopathy corresponding to a period of viremia from which they recover (Maul et al. 1986). Animals which are fatally infected develop a spectrum of immunologic and hematologic abnormalities that collectively are called simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (SAIDS) and may have a disease course ranging from 1 month to several years (Fine et al. 1975; Bryant et al. 1986a; Letvin et al. 1984; Maul et al. 1986). In animals dying acutely, weight loss, splenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy are the most consistent lesions. Pallor due to anemia is common and purpura due to thrombocytopenia may also be seen.

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Lowenstine, L.J. (1993). Type D Retrovirus Infection, Macaques. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Nonhuman Primates I. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84906-0_3

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