PCR detection and DNA sequence analysis of the regulatory region of lymphotropic papovavirus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of an immunocompromised rhesus macaque

John A Lednicky; Steven J Halvorson; Janet S Butel

doi:10.1128/JCM.40.3.1056-1059.2002

PCR detection and DNA sequence analysis of the regulatory region of lymphotropic papovavirus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of an immunocompromised rhesus macaque

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Mar;40(3):1056-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.1056-1059.2002.

Authors

John A Lednicky¹, Steven J Halvorson, Janet S Butel

Collaborator

J S Butel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA.
² Baylor Coll Med, Houston, TX

Abstract

A lymphotropic papovavirus (LPV) archetypal regulatory region was amplified from DNA from the blood of an immunocompromised rhesus monkey. We believe this is the first nonserological evidence of LPV infection in rhesus monkeys.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA, Viral / chemistry*
Genes, Regulator*
Leukocytes, Mononuclear / virology*
Macaca mulatta / virology*
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Polyomavirus / genetics
Polyomavirus / isolation & purification*
Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / virology*

Substances

DNA, Viral