Table 1 Clinical history of the SIVcpzPtt-Cam155 infected chimpanzee (Ch-Go) since his arrival at the sanctuary in November 2003.
Year | Months | Symptoms | Viral load (Log copies/ml)a | CD4/CD8 counts (cells/mm3)b | Platelets (cells/mm3) | Weight (kg) | Age (years) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | 11 | Cachexia, dehydratation, wounds to the groin at arrival in sanctuary | 3.3 | 1.5 | |||
2004 | 02 | Anorexic | CD4 = 700; CD8 = 570 | ||||
02-04 | Respiratory illness | ||||||
03 | Balantidium coli, Entamoeba hartmanni, Trichomonas hominis | 5.09 | |||||
04 | Strongyloides | ||||||
05 | CD4 = 1,380; CD8 = 1,010 | 130,000 | |||||
06 | Balantidium coli, Ancylostoma | ||||||
2005 | 10 | Cestode infection | 8 | 3.5 | |||
2006 | 02-04 | Respiratory illness | |||||
03 | Swelling in eye lid surgically relieved | ||||||
05 | Fungal skin infection | ||||||
11 | Respiratory illness | ||||||
2007 | 02 | 14 | 4.8 | ||||
2008 | 01 | Oral candidiasis complicated with bacterial infection | |||||
03 | Nose bleeding | ||||||
2009 | 08 | An eye infection led to cataract and blindness in one eye | CD4 = 287; CD8 = 1,523 | 16 | 7.3 | ||
11 | Halitosis, bleeding gums and tooth decay | 4.04 | 5,000 | ||||
2010 | 01 | Halitosis, bleeding gums and tooth decay | 12.5 | 7.7 |