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    Leuk Lymphoma. 2000 May;37(5-6):657-62.

    B-cell leukemia in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) infected with simian immunodeficiency virus.

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    Department of Surgery, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.

    Abstract

    Conditions associated with abnormal B-cell proliferation have an increased incidence in the HIV-infected population. A longitudinal study conducted at the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center has followed more than 1,000 rhesus macaques infected with simian-immunodeficiency virus (SIV) since 1984. While spontaneous B-cell malignancy in SIV-negative macaques has not been reported, 42 cases of SIV-associated-lymphoma (SAL) have been documented in this cohort. Recently we identified a single case of B-cell leukemia, first suggested by clinical abnormalities and confirmed and further characterized by molecular analysis. The case is important because it models the occurrence of B-cell leukemia in the human AIDS patient and because it extends our understanding of the B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases associated with AIDS.

    PMID:
    11042530
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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