Abstract
Simian hemorrhagic fever virus is an arterivirus that naturally infects species of African nonhuman primates causing acute or persistent asymptomatic infections. Although it was previously estimated that 1% of baboons are SHFV-positive, more than 10% of wild-caught and captive-bred baboons tested were SHFV positive and the infections persisted for more than 10 years with detectable virus in the blood (100-1000 genomes/ml). The sequences of two baboon SHFV isolates that were amplified by a single passage in primary macaque macrophages had a high degree of identity to each other as well as to the genome of SHFV-LVR, a laboratory strain isolated in the 1960s. Infection of Japanese macaques with 100. PFU of a baboon isolate consistently produced high level viremia, pro-inflammatory cytokines, elevated tissue factor levels and clinical signs indicating coagulation defects. The baboon virus isolate provides a reliable BSL2 model of viral hemorrhagic fever disease in macaques.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 186-198 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Virology |
Volume | 474 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Baboon
- Coagulopathy
- Hemorrhagic fever disease
- Japanese macaque
- Persistent infection
- Simian hemorrhagic fever virus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Virology