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Simian T-Lymphotropic Virus Diversity among Nonhuman Primates, Cameroon
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Sintasath, David M. Wolfe, Nathan D. Lebreton, Matthew Jia, Hongwei Garcia, A. Denise R. Diffo, Joseph Le Doux Tamoufé, Ubald Carr, Jean K. Folks, Thomas M. Mpoudi-Ngolé, Eitel Burke, Donald S. Heneine, Walid Switzer, William M. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | Cross-species transmission of retroviruses is common in Cameroon. To determine risk for simian T-cell lymphotropic virus (STLV) transmission from nonhuman primates to hunters, we examined 170 hunter-collected dried blood spots (DBS) from 12 species for STLV. PCR with generic tax and group-specific long terminal repeat primers showed that 12 (7%) specimens from 4 nonhuman primate species were infected with STLV. Phylogenetic analyses showed broad diversity of STLV, including novel STLV-1 and STLV-3 sequences and a highly divergent STLV-3 subtype found in Cercopithecus mona and C. nictitans monkeys. Screening of peripheral blood mononuclear cell DNA from 63 HTLV-seroreactive, PCR-negative hunters did not identify human infections with this divergent STLV-3. Therefore, hunter-collected DBS can effectively capture STLV diversity at the point where pathogen spillover occurs. Broad screening using this relatively easy collection strategy has potential for large-scale monitoring of retrovirus cross-species transmission among highly exposed human populations. |
| Starting Page | 175 |
| Ending Page | 184 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.3201/eid1502.080584 |
| PubMed reference number | 19193260 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 15 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/91/cb/08-0584_finalR.PMC2657614.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/pdfs/08-0584.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/pdfs/08-0584.pdf |
| Journal | Emerging infectious diseases |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |