@article{fdi:010042487,
  title = {{I}dentification and molecular characterization of new {STLV}-1 and {STLV}-3 strains in wild-caught nonhuman primates in {C}ameroon},
  author = {{L}i{\'e}geois, {F}lorian and {L}afay, {B}{\'e}n{\'e}dicte and {S}witzer, {W}. {M}. and {L}ocatelli, {S}abrina and {M}poudi {N}gol{\'e}, {E}. and {L}oul, {S}. and {H}eneine, {W}. and {D}elaporte, {E}ric and {P}eeters, {M}artine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}umans and simian species are infected by deltaretroviruses ({HTLV} and {STLV} respectively), which are collectively called primate {T}-cell lymphotropic viruses ({PTLV}s). {I}n humans, four types of {HTLV} have been described ({HTLV}-1 to -4) with three of them having closely related simian virus analogues named {STLV}-1, 2 and 3. {I}n this study, our aim was to search for a simian {HTLV}-4-related virus and to document and characterize further the diversity of {STLV} infections in wild primate populations. {W}e screened 1297 whole blood samples from 13 different primate species from southern {C}ameroon. {O}verall, 93 samples gave {HTLV}-1, {HTLV}-2 or dual {HTLV}-1/-2 {INNOLIA} profiles, 12 were {HTLV} positive but untypeable and 14 were indeterminate. {S}ubsequently, we performed generic and specific ({STLV}-1 to -3) tax-rex {PCR}s to discriminate the different {PTLV} types, completed with phylogenetic analysis of 450-bp {LTR} sequences for {STLV}-1 and 900 bp p{X}-{LTR} sequences for {STLV}-3. {W}e show for the first time that {L}ophocebus albigena and {C}ercopithecus cephus carry both {STLV}-1 and a divergent {STLV}-3. {W}e also identified a new {STLV}-1 lineage in one {C}. cephus. {F}inally, we identify relative divergence levels in the tax/rex phylogeny suggesting that additional types of {PTLV} should be defined, particularly for the highly divergent {STLV}-1({M}ar{B}43) strain that we provisionally name {STLV}-5.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}irology},
  volume = {371},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {405--417},
  ISSN = {0042-6822},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.virol.2007.09.037},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042487},
}