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Cytomegaloviral hypophysitis in a simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaque (Macacca mulatta)

  • Melissa R. Berg
  • , Michael A. Owston
  • , Marie Claire Gauduin
  • , Basel T. Assaf
  • , Anne D. Lewis
  • , Edward J. Dick

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Abstract

Rhesus macaques experimentally infected with Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) experience immunosuppression and often opportunistic infection. Among the most common opportunistic infections are rhesus cytomegalovirus (RhCMV), a ubiquitous betaherpesvirus that undergoes continuous low-level replication in immunocompetent monkeys. Upon SIV-mediated immunodeficiency, RhCMV reactivates and results in lesions in numerous organ systems including the nervous and reproductive systems. We report the first case of cytomegaloviral hypophysitis in a SIV-immunocompromised rhesus macaque.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)364-367
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of medical primatology
Volume46
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

Funding

This work was supported by NIAID grant R01 AI117862 and used resources that were supported by the Southwest National Primate Research Center grant P51 OD011133 from the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs, National Institutes of Health.

FundersFunder number
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs
Southwest National Primate Research CenterP51 OD011133
Author National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health The Bev Hartig Huntington's Disease Foundation National Institutes of Health
NIH Office of the DirectorP51OD011133
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesR01 AI117862

    Keywords

    • cytomegalovirus
    • inclusions
    • intra-cytoplasmic
    • intranuclear
    • model
    • non-human primate
    • pituitary
    • viral

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Animal Science and Zoology
    • General Veterinary

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