Origin of HTLV-1 in hunters of nonhuman primates in central Africa

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 361-365

  Kazanji, Mirdad ^a,b   Mouinga Ondémé, Augustin ^b   Lekana Douki Etenna, Sonia ^b   Caron, Mélanie ^b   Makuwa, Maria ^b   Mahieux, Renaud ^c   Gessain, Antoine ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE BANGUI   (Central African Republic)

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

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFECTIOLOGIE   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Gabon; HTLV 1; human infection; interspecies transmission; STLV 1; wild born nonhuman primate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BITE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS NICTITANS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABONESE; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RETROVIRUS; RISK FACTOR; SIMIAN T LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GABON; GENETICS; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MONKEY DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS; CHILD; FEMALE; GABON; GORILLA GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONKEY DISEASES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES;

EID: 84922553454     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu464     Document Type: Article

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