Identification and molecular characterization of new simian T cell lymphotropic viruses in nonhuman primates bushmeat from the democratic Republic of Congo

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 628-635

  Ahuka Mundeke, Steve ^a,b,c   Mbala Kingebeni, Placide ^b,c   Liegeois, Florian ^a   Ayouba, Ahidjo ^a   Lunguya Metila, Octavie ^b,c   Demba, Didace ^d   Bilulu, Guy ^d   Mbenzo Abokome, Valentin ^d   Inogwabini, Bila Isia ^d   Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^b,c   Delaporte, Eric ^a   Peeters, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Institut National de Recherche Biomedicale   (Congo)

^c Clinique Universitaire de Kinshasa   (Congo)

^d Kasai Oriental ^*  (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOBINAE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FOREST; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; LOPHOCEBUS; MEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN PANISCUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SAMPLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIMIAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 84861871564     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2011.0211     Document Type: Article

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