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- Title
ORIGIN OF HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE 1 IN RURAL CÔTE D'IVOIRE.
- Authors
Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien; Adjogoua, Edgard V.; Akoua-Koffi, Chantal; Hedemann, Claudia; Schubert, Grit; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Leendertz, Siv Aina Jensen; Pauli, Georg; Leendertz, Fabian H.
- Abstract
Simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) strains occasionally infect humans. However, the frequency of such infections is unknown. We show that direct transmission of STLV-1 from nonhuman primates to humans may be responsible for a substantial proportion of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infections in rural Côte d'Ivoire, where primate hunting is common.
- Subjects
AFRICA; LYMPHOMAS; PHYLOGENY; DNA; TOPOLOGY
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases / Revista Romana de de Boli Infectioase, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 2, p62
- ISSN
1454-3389
- Publication type
Article