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Yano-Nashimoto S, Truzzi A, Shinozuka K, Murayama AY, Kurachi T, Moriya-Ito K, Tokuno H, Miyazawa E, Esposito G, Okano H, Nakamura K, Saito A, Kuroda KO. Anxious about rejection, avoidant of neglect: Infant marmosets tune their attachment based on individual caregiver's parenting style. Commun Biol 2024; 7:212. [PMID: 38378797 PMCID: PMC10879543 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-05875-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Children's secure attachment with their primary caregivers is crucial for physical, cognitive, and emotional maturation. Yet, the causal links between specific parenting behaviors and infant attachment patterns are not fully understood. Here we report infant attachment in New World monkeys common marmosets, characterized by shared infant care among parents and older siblings and complex vocal communications. By integrating natural variations in parenting styles and subsecond-scale microanalyses of dyadic vocal and physical interactions, we demonstrate that marmoset infants signal their needs through context-dependent call use and selective approaches toward familiar caregivers. The infant attachment behaviors are tuned to each caregiver's parenting style; infants use negative calls when carried by rejecting caregivers and selectively avoid neglectful and rejecting caregivers. Family-deprived infants fail to develop such adaptive uses of attachment behaviors. With these similarities with humans, marmosets offer a promising model for investigating the biological mechanisms of attachment security.
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- Saori Yano-Nashimoto
- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, TN, Italy
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Planning, Review and Research Institute for Social insurance and Medical program, Chiyoda-ku, Japan
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Japan
- Laboratory for Marmoset Neural Architecture, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Neural Circuit Unit, Okinawa Institute Science and Technology Graduate University, Onna, Japan
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Department of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu, Japan
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- Department of Brain & Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Japan
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- Department of Brain & Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Japan
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, TN, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku-ku, Japan
- Laboratory for Marmoset Neural Architecture, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan
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- Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan.
- Department of Psychology, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.
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- Laboratory for Affiliative Social Behavior, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan.
- Kuroda Laboratory, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
- Laboratory for Circuit and Behavioral Physiology, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan.
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Grijseels DM, Prendergast BJ, Gorman JC, Miller CT. The neurobiology of vocal communication in marmosets. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2023; 1528:13-28. [PMID: 37615212 PMCID: PMC10592205 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
Abstract
An increasingly popular animal model for studying the neural basis of social behavior, cognition, and communication is the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Interest in this New World primate across neuroscience is now being driven by their proclivity for prosociality across their repertoire, high volubility, and rapid development, as well as their amenability to naturalistic testing paradigms and freely moving neural recording and imaging technologies. The complement of these characteristics set marmosets up to be a powerful model of the primate social brain in the years to come. Here, we focus on vocal communication because it is the area that has both made the most progress and illustrates the prodigious potential of this species. We review the current state of the field with a focus on the various brain areas and networks involved in vocal perception and production, comparing the findings from marmosets to other animals, including humans.
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- Dori M Grijseels
- Cortical Systems and Behavior Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Cortical Systems and Behavior Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Cortical Systems and Behavior Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Cortical Systems and Behavior Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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Burkart JM, Adriaense JEC, Brügger RK, Miss FM, Wierucka K, van Schaik CP. A convergent interaction engine: vocal communication among marmoset monkeys. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2022; 377:20210098. [PMID: 35876206 PMCID: PMC9315454 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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To understand the primate origins of the human interaction engine, it is worthwhile to focus not only on great apes but also on callitrichid monkeys (marmosets and tamarins). Like humans, but unlike great apes, callitrichids are cooperative breeders, and thus habitually engage in coordinated joint actions, for instance when an infant is handed over from one group member to another. We first explore the hypothesis that these habitual cooperative interactions, the marmoset interactional ethology, are supported by the same key elements as found in the human interaction engine: mutual gaze (during joint action), turn-taking, volubility, as well as group-wide prosociality and trust. Marmosets show clear evidence of these features. We next examine the prediction that, if such an interaction engine can indeed give rise to more flexible communication, callitrichids may also possess elaborate communicative skills. A review of marmoset vocal communication confirms unusual abilities in these small primates: high volubility and large vocal repertoires, vocal learning and babbling in immatures, and voluntary usage and control. We end by discussing how the adoption of cooperative breeding during human evolution may have catalysed language evolution by adding these convergent consequences to the great ape-like cognitive system of our hominin ancestors. This article is part of the theme issue 'Revisiting the human 'interaction engine': comparative approaches to social action coordination'.
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- J. M. Burkart
- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution ISLE, University of Zurich, Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution ISLE, University of Zurich, Affolternstrasse 56, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland
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Horn K, Crandell I, Patel M, Rose SW, Schillo B, Folger S, Bernat D, Branstetter S. Individual Health Determinants that Predict Low Risk of Transitioning to Tobacco Use During Young Adulthood: An in-Depth Examination of Race and Ethnicity. Nicotine Tob Res 2022; 24:1487-1497. [PMID: 35429388 PMCID: PMC9356689 DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntac106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Introduction The present study examines the contributions of individual-level health determinants on young adult tobacco use initiation to improve understanding of racial and ethnic distinctions and to inform effective tobacco prevention strategies. Methods Using time-to-event analyses, the 10–wave (2011–2016) Truth Initiative Young Adult Cohort, a probability-based, nationally representative sample of the US young adults aged 18–34 years (N = 7 665), provides data to examine differences in variables that influence tobacco uptake, by race and ethnicity. Results Among Non–Hispanic White young adults, having fewer peers who smoke cigarettes is protective against any tobacco initiation, whereas hazard of tobacco initiation increases for males, having low confidence to resist smoking, and having higher proclivity for sensation seeking. Depressive and anxiety symptoms increase uptake hazard most in the Non–Hispanic All Other Races group and least among Non–Hispanic Black individuals. Among Hispanic young adults, being female and perceiving tobacco as harmful are notably protective while being male is a notable uptake hazard. Unlike other groups, higher income levels do not lower hazards among Hispanic individuals. Cannabis use and overestimating the smoking rate among peers increase hazard least among Hispanic individuals. In the Non–Hispanic All Other Races group, aging is least protective; hazard increases notably if individuals engage in regular alcohol or cannabis use. Conclusions Tobacco prevention efforts are critical during young adulthood. Specific tobacco uptake hazard and protective factors exist by race and ethnicity and should be considered when developing selective young adult prevention, particularly among groups with the highest risk for tobacco initiation during this life stage. Implications Rising rates of tobacco initiation among the US young adults necessitate expanded efforts to prevent tobacco use initiation and progression beyond youth. Results highlight nuanced and differential tobacco uptake hazards by race and ethnicity for late initiation and sustained non–tobacco use among young adults. The study confirms existing evidence on tobacco use patterns and contributes to new knowledge on risk and protective factors. Tobacco prevention and control interventions, including policies, tailored in more meaningful ways could reduce tobacco use disparities among those most disproportionately affected.
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- Kimberly Horn
- Virginia Tech-Carilion Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA
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- Schroeder Institute, Truth Initiative, Washington DC, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Science and Center for Health Equity Transformation, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Schroeder Institute, Truth Initiative, Washington DC, USA
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- The George Washington University, Department of Epidemiology, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington DC
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- The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Bio-behavioral Science, College of Health, State College, PA
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Santana-Coelho D, Layne-Colon D, Valdespino R, Ross CC, Tardif SD, O'Connor JC. Advancing Autism Research From Mice to Marmosets: Behavioral Development of Offspring Following Prenatal Maternal Immune Activation. Front Psychiatry 2021; 12:705554. [PMID: 34421684 PMCID: PMC8377364 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.705554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanism(s) by which maternal immune activation (MIA) during gestation may disrupt neurodevelopment and increase the susceptibility for disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or schizophrenia is a critical step in the development of better treatments and preventive measures. A large body of literature has investigated the pathophysiology of MIA in rodents. However, a translatability gap plagues pre-clinical research of complex behavioral/developmental diseases and those diseases requiring clinical diagnosis, such as ASD. While ideal for their genetic flexibility, vast reagent toolkit, and practicality, rodent models often lack important elements of ethological validity. Hence, our study aimed to develop and characterize the prenatal MIA model in marmosets. Here, we adapted the well-characterized murine maternal immune activation model. Pregnant dams were administered 5 mg/kg poly-L-lysine stabilized polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (Poly ICLC) subcutaneously three times during gestation (gestational day 63, 65, and 67). Dams were allowed to deliver naturally with no further experimental treatments. After parturition, offspring were screened for general health and vigor, and individual assessment of communication development and social behavior was measured during neonatal or adolescent periods. Similar to rodent models, offspring subjected to MIA exhibited a disruption in patterns of communication during early development. Assessment of social behavior in a marmoset-modified 3-chamber test at 3 and 9 months of age revealed alterations in social behavior that, in some instances, was sex-dependent. Together, our data indicate that marmosets are an excellent non-human primate model for investigating the neurodevelopmental and behavioral consequences of exposure to prenatal challenges, like MIA. Additional studies are necessary to more completely characterize the effect of prenatal inflammation on marmoset development and explore therapeutic intervention strategies that may be applicable in a clinical setting.
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- Danielle Santana-Coelho
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Southwest National Primate Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Southwest National Primate Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Southwest National Primate Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.,Audie L. Murphy Veterans Affairs, South Texas Veterans Health System, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Heffron AS, Lauck M, Somsen ED, Townsend EC, Bailey AL, Sosa M, Eickhoff J, Capuano III S, Newman CM, Kuhn JH, Mejia A, Simmons HA, O’Connor DH. Discovery of a Novel Simian Pegivirus in Common Marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus) with Lymphocytic Enterocolitis. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8101509. [PMID: 33007921 PMCID: PMC7599636 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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From 2010 to 2015, 73 common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) housed at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) were diagnosed postmortem with lymphocytic enterocolitis. We used unbiased deep-sequencing to screen the blood of deceased enterocolitis-positive marmosets for viruses. In five out of eight common marmosets with lymphocytic enterocolitis, we discovered a novel pegivirus not present in ten matched, clinically normal controls. The novel virus, which we named Southwest bike trail virus (SOBV), is most closely related (68% nucleotide identity) to a strain of simian pegivirus A isolated from a three-striped night monkey (Aotus trivirgatus). We screened 146 living WNPRC common marmosets for SOBV, finding an overall prevalence of 34% (50/146). Over four years, 85 of these 146 animals died or were euthanized. Histological examination revealed 27 SOBV-positive marmosets from this cohort had lymphocytic enterocolitis, compared to 42 SOBV-negative marmosets, indicating no association between SOBV and disease in this cohort (p = 0.0798). We also detected SOBV in two of 33 (6%) clinically normal marmosets screened during transfer from the New England Primate Research Center, suggesting SOBV could be exerting confounding influences on comparisons of common marmoset studies from multiple colonies.
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- Anna S. Heffron
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USA; (A.S.H.); (M.L.); (E.D.S.); (E.C.T.); (C.M.N.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USA; (A.S.H.); (M.L.); (E.D.S.); (E.C.T.); (C.M.N.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USA; (A.S.H.); (M.L.); (E.D.S.); (E.C.T.); (C.M.N.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USA; (A.S.H.); (M.L.); (E.D.S.); (E.C.T.); (C.M.N.)
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;
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- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; (M.S.); (S.C.III); (A.M.); (H.A.S.)
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- Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA;
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- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; (M.S.); (S.C.III); (A.M.); (H.A.S.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USA; (A.S.H.); (M.L.); (E.D.S.); (E.C.T.); (C.M.N.)
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- Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA;
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- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; (M.S.); (S.C.III); (A.M.); (H.A.S.)
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- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; (M.S.); (S.C.III); (A.M.); (H.A.S.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53711, USA; (A.S.H.); (M.L.); (E.D.S.); (E.C.T.); (C.M.N.)
- Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA; (M.S.); (S.C.III); (A.M.); (H.A.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-608-890-0845
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