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Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is a species of retrovirus that cause persistent infections in at least 45 species of non-human primates. [1] [2] Based on analysis of strains found in four species of monkeys from Bioko Island, which was isolated from the mainland by rising sea levels about 11,000 years ago, it has been concluded that SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least ...
According to a now-discredited hypothesis, the AIDS pandemic originated from live polio vaccines prepared in chimpanzee tissue cultures, accidentally contaminated with simian immunodeficiency virus and then administered to up to one million Africans between 1957 and 1960 in experimental mass vaccination campaigns.
HIV-1 is most similar to the SIV found in common chimpanzees (SIVcpz) in southeastern Cameroon, giving rise to the notion that HIV-1 emerged from chimpanzees in this area. [4] SIVcpz itself emerged in chimpanzees as the result of a recombination of two separate lineages of SIV known to infect red-capped mangabey, and Cercopithecus species. [3] [5]
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A new study has found that chimpanzees may be far from shy bathroomgoers. A team of researchers spent more than 600 hours studying 20 captive chimpanzees to determine that chimps may experience ...
Visitors at Valencia's Bioparc Zoo in Spain were stunned when they noticed a chimpanzee carrying around a deceased baby chimp. The grieving mother is Natalia who gave birth to the baby about 3 ...
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) retroviridae: Monkeys: Yes: Unknown: Immunodeficiency in macaques Simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) Arteriviridae: Patas: No: Unknown: Deadly in macaques Simian varicella virus (SVV) Herpesviridae: Monkeys: No: Unknown: Rash and latent infection SV40 Polyomavirus: Monkeys: Yes (common) Cancer [citation ...
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