Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien ; Adjogoua, Edgard V. ; Akoua-Koffi, Chantal ; Hedemann, Claudia ; Schubert, Grit ; Ellerbrok, Heinz ; Leendertz, Siv Aina Jensen ; Pauli, Georg ; Leendertz, Fabian H.
• Description:
  Simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) strains occasionally infect humans. However, the frequency of such infections is unknown. We show that direct transmission of STLV-1 from nonhuman primates to humans may be responsible for a substantial proportion of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infections in rural Côte d'Ivoire, where primate hunting is common.
• Subjects:
  Animals Dispatch Genes, Env HTLV-I Infections Humans Human T-lymphotropic Virus 1 Phylogeny Primates Simian T-lymphotropic Virus 1 Terminal Repeat Sequences
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(5):830-833.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Côte d’Ivoire
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:428c937d4c44bfc09d15169f730e6782fad4da08dc6c21a73a02d526f02df0f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23917/cdc_23917_DS1.pdf
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