| simian t cell leukaemia virus type i subtype b in a wild-caught gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla) and chimpanzee (pan troglodytes vellerosus) from cameroon. | a serological survey for human t cell leukaemia virus (htlv)/simian t cell leukaemia virus (stlv) antibodies was performed in 61 wild-caught african apes, including five gorillas and 56 chimpanzees originating from south cameroon. two young animals, a gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla) and a chimpanzee (pan troglodytes vellerosus), exhibited a pattern of complete htlv-i seroreactivity. sequence comparison and phylogenetic analyses using the complete ltr (750 bp) and a 522 bp fragment of the env g ... | 2004 | 14718616 |
| natural simian foamy virus infection in wild-caught gorillas, mandrills and drills from cameroon and gabon. | a survey for the presence of simian foamy retroviruses (sfvs) was performed in 44 wild-caught apes and monkeys, including 27 gorillas, 11 mandrills and six drills, originating from south cameroon or gabon. combined serological and/or nested-pcr assays indicated sfv infection among five gorilla gorilla gorilla, seven mandrillus sphinx and two mandrillus leucophaeus. sequences of a 425 bp fragment of the integrase gene were obtained for 11 animals. phylogenetic studies indicated that strains from ... | 2004 | 15483245 |
| genetic diversity and phylogeographic clustering of sivcpzptt in wild chimpanzees in cameroon. | it is now well established that the clade of simian immunodeficiency viruses (sivs) infecting west central african chimpanzees (pan troglodytes troglodytes) and western gorillas (gorilla gorilla gorilla) comprises the progenitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1). in this study, we have greatly expanded our previous molecular epidemiological survey of sivcpz in wild chimpanzees in cameroon. the new results confirm a wide but uneven distribution of sivcpzptt in p. t. troglodytes thro ... | 2007 | 17651775 |
| genetic characterization of simian foamy viruses infecting humans. | simian foamy viruses (sfvs) are retroviruses that are widespread among nonhuman primates (nhps). sfvs actively replicate in their oral cavity and can be transmitted to humans after nhp bites, giving rise to a persistent infection even decades after primary infection. very few data on the genetic structure of such sfvs found in humans are available. in the framework of ongoing studies searching for sfv-infected humans in south cameroon rainforest villages, we studied 38 sfv-infected hunters whose ... | 2012 | 23015714 |