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SUBMITTER: Ahuka-Mundeke S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358107 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahuka-Mundeke Steve S Mbala-Kingebeni Placide P Liegeois Florian F Ayouba Ahidjo A Lunguya-Metila Octavie O Demba Didace D Bilulu Guy G Mbenzo-Abokome Valentin V Inogwabini Bila-Isia BI Muyembe-Tamfum Jean-Jacques JJ Delaporte Eric E Peeters Martine M
AIDS research and human retroviruses 20110914 6
Four types of human T cell lymphotropic viruses (HTLV) have been described (HTLV-1 to HTLV-4) with three of them having closely related simian virus analogues named STLV-1, -2, and -3. To assess the risk of cross-species transmissions of STLVs from nonhuman primates to humans in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a total of 330 samples, derived from primate bushmeat, were collected at remote forest sites where people rely on bushmeat for subsistence. STLV prevalences and genetic diversity were es ...[more]