Central African Hunters Exposed to Simian Immunodeficiency Virus

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2006 Feb 21

PMID 16485481

Citations 22

Authors

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

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Abstract

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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