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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
COTE d'Ivoire; SIMIAN viruses; INFECTION; PRIMATES; HUMAN-animal relationships; HUNTING
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012, Vol 18, Issue 5, p830
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1805.111663