TABLE 2.
Amplification of primate DNA with PcEV-specific primersa
| Species (vernacular name) | Primer location and PCR result
|
|
|---|---|---|
| 5′ LTR-UTR | pol-env | |
| Old World primate | ||
| P. hamadryas hamadryas (sacred baboon) | + | + |
| P. hamadryas cynocephalus (yellow baboon) | + | + |
| P. hamadryas ursinus (chacma baboon) | + | + |
| T. gelada (gelada) | + | + |
| L. aterrimus (black mangabey) | + | + |
| M. mulatta (rhesus macaque) | + | + |
| M. nemestrina (pig-tailed macaque) | + | + |
| C. nictitans (spot-nosed guenon) | − | + |
| M. talapoin (talapoin monkey) | − | + |
| C. guereza (Abyssinian black-and-white colobus) | + | + |
| C. badius (Western red colobus) | − | − |
| Pan paniscus (pygmy chimpanzee) | − | − |
| Pongo abelii (Bornean orangutan) | − | − |
| Homo sapiens (human) | − | − |
| New World monkey | ||
| Lagothrix lagotricha (woolly monkey) | − | − |
| Cebus apella (tufted or brown capuchin) | − | − |
| Saguines spp. (tamarin) | − | − |
a
+, PCR fragments generated; −, no PCR fragments generated.