| bushmeat hunting and zoonotic transmission of simian t-lymphotropic virus 1 in tropical west and central africa. | simian t-lymphotropic virus 1 (stlv-1) enters human populations through contact with non-human primate (nhp) bushmeat. we tested whether differences in the extent of contact to stlv-1 infected nhp bushmeat foster regional differences in prevalence of human htlv-1. using serological and pcr assays, we screened humans and nhp at two sub-saharan african sites where subsistence hunting was expected to be less (taï region, côte d'ivoire, civ) or more developed (bandundu region, democratic republic of ... | 2017 | 28298599 |