Rotavirus antibodies in hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus)

J Med Primatol. 1982;11(1):35-8. doi: 10.1159/000460021.

Abstract

Serum samples from wild Hanuman langurs (Presbytis entellus) from Mysore State, India, were compared to samples from a laboratory colony from Davis, Calif., for antibodies to rotavirus, which is an important cause of gastroenteritis in mammals. Animals from the laboratory colony had a higher frequency and higher levels of antibody than wild animals. It is likely that wild populations of langurs have a much lower incidence of rotaviral infection than laboratory populations, which are exposed to both crowded conditions and rotaviruses from other species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral*
  • Cercopithecidae / microbiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / veterinary
  • Rotavirus / immunology*
  • Rotavirus Infections / veterinary

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral