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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Multiple retroviral infection by HTLV type 1, 2, 3 and simian foamy virus in a family of Pygmies from Cameroon
Virology, Volume 410, No. 1, Year 2011
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To better understand the origins and modes of transmission of HTLV-3 and to search for other retroviral infections (HTLV-1, HTLV-2, foamy viruses), we studied the family of a HTLV-3-infected individual (Pyl43), from Cameroon.Thirty-five persons were included. All adult men were still actively hunting nonhuman primates (NHP). All women were also butchering and cutting-up animals. Five persons reported a bite by an NHP. While HTLV-3 infection was only found in Pyl43, HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 infections were found, respectively, in 5 and 9 persons with one being co-infected by both retroviruses. Phylogenetic analysis suggested intra-familial transmission of HTLV-1 subtypes B and D and HTLV-2. One man was infected by a chimpanzee foamy virus, acquired probably 45. years ago, through a bite. Acquisition of retroviral infections still occurs in central Africa involving to various extent not only intra-familial transmission for HTLV-1/HTLV-2 but also direct interspecies transmission from NHP for foamy virus and possibly for HTLV-1 and HTLV-3. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Calattini, Sara
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Betsem, Edouard À.
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Cameroon, Yaounde
Université de Yaoundé I Faculté de Médecine
Bassot, Sylviane
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Chevalier, Sébastien Alain
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Tortevoye, Patricia
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Njouom, Richard
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Mahieux, Renaud
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
United States, Washington, D.c.
George Washington University Medical Center
France, Lyon
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Froment, Alain
France, Paris
Museé de L'homme
Gessain, Antoine
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.virol.2010.10.025
ISSN:
00426822
e-ISSN:
10960341
Study Locations
Cameroon
Participants Gender
Male
Female