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[Primates: another source of grafts?]
1Laboratoire de parasitologie et d'¿ecologie humaine, facult¿e de m¿edecine, Toulouse Purpan, France.
Pathologie-Biologie
|June 27, 2000
Abstract:
The catarrhini primates of the genus Papio, and particularly Papio anubis, may be a source of transplants whose compatibility with the human receptor doesn't induce acute rejection. The risk of zoonosis transmission is not higher than with pig transplants.