The causes of false-positives encountered during the screening of old-world primates for antibodies to human and simian retroviruses by ELISA

Sera from 526 old-world primates representing 50 different species were screened by ELISA for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic viruses I and III, and simian retrovirus type 1 (SRV-1). About onefourth of the sera were positive by ELISA. There was a tendency, however, for the same sera to be positiv...

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