| transmission of hepatitis a virus among recently captured panamanian owl monkeys. | the presence of antibody to hepatitis a virus (anti-hav) in 60% of procured owl monkeys (aotus trivirgatus) held within the united states prompted a study of recently captured a trivirgatus in panama. only 2 of 145 newly captured monkeys, but all of 35 a trivirgatus held within a colony for over 100 days, were found to have anti-hav. of 41 sero-negative, newly captured monkeys followed prospectively, 25 became infected with hepatitis a virus (hav) as evidenced by seroconversion or demonstration ... | 1982 | 6290600 |