Modes of transmission and genetic diversity of foamy viruses in a Macaca tonkeanacolony

Retrovirology

Table 1 Epidemiological data of the 56 different studied M. Tonkeana. Serological and molecular results of foamy viruses in their peripheral blood.

CODE	SEX	Age (years) at the last sampling	W.B. FV*	INTEGRASE PCR	LTR PCR	I.F. HTLV	Viral load**
T2	F	36	+	+	-	+	1–10
RM	F	32	+	-	+	+	1–10
T1	M	28	+	+	-	+	1–10
T7	F	26	+	+	-	+	1–10
T4	F	25	+	+	+	+	100
T5	F	22	+	+	-	+	1–10
T6	F	22	+	-	+	+	1–10
T10	M	18	+	NA.	NA.	+
TD3	F	15	+	+	-	+	1–10
TD1	F	13	+	+	+	+	1–10
TF2	F	13	+	+	-	+	100
TE3	F	12	-	-	-	+
TG1	M	12	+	-	+	+	1–10
TG2	F	12	+	+	-	+	1–10
TG3	M	10	+	+	-	+	1–10
TI3	M	10	+	-	-	-
TI4	M	10	+	+	+	+	100
T3	F	9	+	NA.	NA.	-
TJ3	F	9	-	-	-	+
T9	M	8	+	NA.	NA.	-
TI1	M	8	-	-	-	+
TI2	M	8	-	-	-	+
TK3	M	8	+	+	-	-	1–10
Z10	M	8	+	+	-	-	1–10
TA1	M	7	+	NA.	NA.	-
TL1	M	7	+	-	-	+
TL3	F	7	-	-	-	+
TM3	M	7	+	+	+	+	1–10
TK4	F	6	-	-	-	+
TL2	F	5	-	NA.	NA.	+
TN1	F	5	-	-	-	+
TN3	F	5	-	-	-	-
TN5	M	5	-	-	-	+
TN7	M	5	+	-	-	+
TN8	M	5	-	-	-	+
TD2	M	4	-	NA.	NA.	+
TM1	M	4	-	-	-	+
TM2	M	4	-	-	-	+
TP1	F	4	-	-	-	+
TP2	M	4	-	-	-	+
TE2	F	3	-	NA.	NA.	-
TE4	F	3	-	-	-	+
TN6	M	3	-	-	-	+
TQ3	F	3	+	+	-	+	1–10
TQ6	F	3	-	-	-	+
TQ9	M	3	-	-	-	+
TR2	M	2	-	-	-	+
TJ2	M	1	-	-	-	-
TQ1	F	1	-	-	-	+
TQ4	F	1	-	-	-	-
TS1	F	1	-	-	-	+
TS2	M	1	-	-	-	+
TS3	F	1	-	-	-	+
TS4	M	1	-	-	-	+
TR1	M	<1	-	-	-	-
TT1	M	<1	-	-	-	+
TOT = 56

W.B. = Western blot; I.F. = Immunofluorescence assay. NA. = Not Available
* Western blot performed with antigens derived from the BHK-21 cell line infected with the MtoT6 strain.
** Viral load express in number of copies of SFV genomes in 500 ng of total DNA.

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