Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6141514 | Virology | 2011 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Thirty-five persons were included. All adult men were still actively hunting nonhuman primates (NHP). All women were also butchering and cutting-up animals. Five persons reported a bite by an NHP. While HTLV-3 infection was only found in Pyl43, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections were found, respectively, in 5 and 9 persons with one being co-infected by both retroviruses. Phylogenetic analysis suggested intra-familial transmission of HTLV-1 subtypes B and D and HTLV-2. One man was infected by a chimpanzee foamy virus, acquired probably 45Â years ago, through a bite. Acquisition of retroviral infections still occurs in central Africa involving to various extent not only intra-familial transmission for HTLV-1/HTLV-2 but also direct interspecies transmission from NHP for foamy virus and possibly for HTLV-1 and HTLV-3.
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Authors
Sara Calattini, Edouard Betsem, Sylviane Bassot, Sébastien Alain Chevalier, Patricia Tortevoye, Richard Njouom, Renaud Mahieux, Alain Froment, Antoine Gessain,