Immunogenetic studies of rhesus monkeys |
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Authors: | P. T. Sullivan C. R. Duggleby C. Blystad W. H. Stone |
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Affiliation: | (1) Laboratory of Genetics and Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin;(2) Department of Anthropology, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York |
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Abstract: | To assay for transplacental immunization in rhesus monkeys, sera from 253 postpartum females, 31 virgin females, and 40 males were tested for erythrocyte agglutinins. Nineteen percent of the mothers exhibited antibodies, but less than three percent of the virgin females or males did so. Antibodies were detected in 26 percent of the mothers who bore blood group-incompatible infants, in contrast to only eight percent of the mothers with compatible offspring. Thus, blood group incompatibility may lead to transplacental alloimmunization of the rhesus female. Unlike the situation in humans, hemolytic disease was not observed, even when the erythrocytes of the newborn rhesus were coated with maternal antibodies. |
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