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Volume 9, Number 11—November 2003
Research

West Nile Virus Infection in Nonhuman Primate Breeding Colony, Concurrent with Human Epidemic, Southern Louisiana

Marion S. Ratterree*, Amelia P.A. Travassos da Rosa†, Rudolf P. Bohm*, Frank B. Cogswell*, Kathrine M. Phillippi*, Kevin Caillouet‡, Shelle Schwanberger*, Robert E. Shope†, and Robert B. Tesh†Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA; †University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA; ‡Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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Table 1

Prevalence of West Nile virus hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibodies by age group among captive rhesus macaques in the breeding colony at the Tulane National Primate Research Center by age group, August–November 2002

Age group (y) No. tested No. positive % positive
0 to <1 8 1 12.50
1 to <2 293 96 32.76
2 to <4 349 141 40.40
4 to <6 61 43 70.49
6 to <8 3 1 33.33
8 to <10 7 3 42.86
10 to <12 2 1 50.00
12 to <14 2 0 0.00
>14
 1
 0
 0.00
Total 726 286 39.39

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