Cross-species transmission of simian foamy virus to humans in rural Gabon, central Africa

Journal of Virology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1255-1260

  Mouinga Ondémé, Augustin ^a   Caron, Mélanie ^a   Nkoghé, Dieudonné ^a   Telfer, Paul ^b   Marx, Preston ^b   Saïb, Ali ^c   Leroy, Eric ^a   Gonzalez, Jean Paul ^a   Gessain, Antoine ^d   Kazanji, Mirdad ^a,e  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BITE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CERCOPITHECUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABON; GENE SEQUENCE; GORILLA; HUMAN; INTEGRASE GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS; TISSUE LEVEL; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD SPECIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CERCOPITHECUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS; YOUNG ADULT;

CERCOPITHECUS; HUMAN FOAMY VIRUS; PRIMATES; RABBIT FIBROMA VIRUS; SIMIAE; SIMIAN FOAMY VIRUS;

EID: 84856880102     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.06016-11     Document Type: Article

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