Differential distribution of antibodies to different viruses in young animals in the free-ranging rhesus macaques of Cayo Santiago

摘要

Background The breeding colony of free-ranging rhesus macaques was established in 1938 in Cayo Santiago (CS) with animals collected in northern India. The seroprevalence to cercopithecine herpesvirus type 1 (B virus) and simian retroviruses has been studied previously.