Simian foamy virus transmission from apes to humans, rural Cameroon

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1314-1320

  Calattini, Sara ^a   Betsem, Edouard Betsem A ^b   Froment, Alain ^c   Mauclère, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Tortevoye, Patricia ^a   Schmitt, Christine ^a   Njouom, Richard ^d   Saib, Ali ^e   Gessain, Antoine ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c IRD Centre d'Orleans   (France)

^d CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^e SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APE; ARTICLE; BITE; CAMEROON; CHIMPANZEE; FEMALE; GORILLA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RURAL AREA; SPUMA VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 34948817679     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1309.061162     Document Type: Article

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