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Risk to Human Health from a Plethora of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses in Primate Bushmeat

To assess human exposure to Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in west central Africa, we looked for SIV infection in 788 monkeys that were hunted in the rainforests of Cameroon for bushmeat or kept as pets. Serologic reactivity suggesting SIV infection was found in 13 of 16 primate species, includ...

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Autores principales: Peeters, Martine, Courgnaud, Valerie, Abela, Bernadette, Auzel, Philippe, Pourrut, Xavier, Bibollet-Ruche, Frederic, Loul, Severin, Liegeois, Florian, Butel, Cristelle, Koulagna, Denis, Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel, Shaw, George M., Hahn, Beatrice H., Delaporte, Eric
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11996677
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0805.01-0522