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. 1991 Jun;20(4):182-7.

Maternal transmission of SIVsmm in rhesus macaques

H M McClure  1 , D C Anderson, P N Fultz, A A Ansari, T Jehuda-Cohen, F Villinger, S A Klumpp, W Switzer, E Lockwood, A Brodie, et al.
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Maternal transmission of SIVsmm in rhesus macaques

H M McClure et al. J Med Primatol. 1991 Jun.

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.

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