| failure to detect human t-lymphotropic virus antibody in wild-caught new world primates. | we conducted a study to look for a simian counterpart of human t-lymphotropic virus (htlv) in wild-caught monkeys in the republic of panama. serum specimens were obtained from 102 monkeys (ateles fusciceps, n = 75; alouatta villosa, n = 18; and cebus capucinus, n = 9) captured in panama's darien rain forest in 1979-1980. specimens were screened for htlv antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and reactive specimens were further tested by western blot. none of the 102 specimens were seropo ... | 1993 | 8102837 |