Abstract
Natural hosts of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), African green monkeys (AGMs), rarely transmit SIV via breast-feeding. In order to examine the genetic diversity of breast milk SIV variants in this limited-transmission setting, we performed phylogenetic analysis on envelope sequences of milk and plasma SIV variants of AGMs. Low-diversity milk virus populations were compartmentalized from that in plasma. However, this compartmentalization was transient, as the milk virus lineages did not persist longitudinally.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 11292-11299 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Virology |
Volume | 87 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |