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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Non-invasive testing reveals a high prevalence of simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 antibodies in wild adult chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte d'lvoire
Journal of General Virology, Volume 85, No. 11, Year 2004
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Little information is available on the prevalence of retrovirus infections in populations of non-human primates living in their natural habitats. To gain such information, methods were developed to detect antibodies to simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) in urine from wild chimpanzees. Samples from more than 74 chimpanzees living in three communities in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, were analysed. The prevalence of STLV-1 antibodies in adults and adolescents was significantly higher (35/49, 71.4%) than that in infant and juvenile chimpanzees (3/31, 9.7%). © 2004 SGM.
Authors & Co-Authors
Leendertz, Fabian Hubertus
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Germany, Berlin
Freie Universität Berlin
Boesch, Christophe
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Ellerbrok, Heinz
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Rietschel, Wolfram
Germany, Stuttgart
Zoologisch-botanischen Garten Wilhelma
Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel
Cote D'ivoire
Lanada/lcpa
Pauli, Georg
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/vir.0.80052-0
ISSN:
00221317
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Ivory Coast