Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2012)

High Seroprevalence of Enterovirus Infections in Apes and Old World Monkeys

  • Heli Harvala,
  • Chloe L. McIntyre,
  • Natsuko Imai,
  • Lucy Clasper,
  • Cyrille F. Djoko,
  • Matthew LeBreton,
  • Marion Vermeulen,
  • Andrew Saville,
  • Francisca Mutapi,
  • Ubald Tamoufé,
  • John Kiyang,
  • Tafon G. Biblia,
  • Nicholas Midzi,
  • Takafira Mduluza,
  • Jacques Pépin,
  • Richard Njouom,
  • Teemu Smura,
  • Joseph N. Fair,
  • Nathan D. Wolfe,
  • Merja Roivainen,
  • Peter Simmonds

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.111363
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 2
pp. 283 – 286

Abstract

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To estimate population exposure of apes and Old World monkeys in Africa to enteroviruses (EVs), we conducted a seroepidemiologic study of serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies against 3 EV types. Detection of species A, B, and D EVs infecting wild chimpanzees demonstrates their potential widespread circulation in primates.

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