Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2005)

Central African Hunters Exposed to Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

  • Marcia L. Kalish,
  • Nathan D. Wolfe,
  • Clement B. Ndongmo,
  • Janet McNicholl,
  • Kenneth E. Robbins,
  • Michael Aidoo,
  • Peter N. Fonjungo,
  • George Alemnji,
  • Clement Zeh,
  • Cyrille F. Djoko,
  • Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole,
  • Donald S. Burke,
  • Thomas M. Folks

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1112.050394
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 12
pp. 1928 – 1930

Abstract

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HIV-seronegative Cameroonians with exposure to nonhuman primates were tested for simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Seroreactivity was correlated with exposure risk (p<0.001). One person had strong humoral and weak cellular immune reactivity to SIVcol peptides. Humans are exposed to and possibly infected with SIV, which has major public health implications.

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