Publications

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, including 4 not previously known to harbor siv. overall, 131 sera (16.6%) reacted strongly and an additional 34 (4.3%) reacted weakly with hiv antigens. molecular analysis identified five new phylogenetic s ...	2002	11996677
full-length genome sequence of a simian immunodeficiency virus (siv) infecting a captive agile mangabey (cercocebus agilis) is closely related to sivrcm infecting wild red-capped mangabeys (cercocebus torquatus) in cameroon.	simian immunodeficiency viruses (sivs) are lentiviruses that infect an extensive number of wild african primate species. here we describe for the first time siv infection in a captive agile mangabey (cercocebus agilis) from cameroon. phylogenetic analysis of the full-length genome sequence of sivagi-00cm312 showed that this novel virus fell into the sivrcm lineage and was most closely related to a newly characterized sivrcm strain (sivrcm-02cm8081) from a wild-caught red-capped mangabey (cercoce ...	2010	20797968
global mammal parasite database version 2.0.	illuminating the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of parasites is one of the most pressing issues facing modern science, and is critical for basic science, the global economy, and human health. extremely important to this effort are data on the disease-causing organisms of wild animal hosts (including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, arthropods, and fungi). here we present an updated version of the global mammal parasite database, a database of the parasites of wild ungulates (artioda ...	2017	28273333