@article{fdi:010055948,
  title = {{I}dentification and molecular characterization of new simian {T} cell lymphotropic viruses in nonhuman primates bushmeat from the {D}emocratic {R}epublic of {C}ongo},
  author = {{A}huka-{M}undeke, {S}. and {M}bala-{K}ingebeni, {P}. and {L}i{\'e}geois, {F}lorian and {A}youba, {A}hidjo and {L}unguya-{M}etila, {O}. and {D}emba, {D}. and {B}ilulu, {G}. and {M}benzo-{A}bokome, {V}. and {I}nogwabini, {B}. {I}. and {M}uyembe-{T}amfum, {J}. {J}. and {D}elaporte, {E}ric and {P}eeters, {M}artine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{F}our types of human {T} cell lymphotropic viruses ({HTLV}) have been described ({HTLV}-1 to {HTLV}-4) with three of them having closely related simian virus analogues named {STLV}-1, -2, and -3. {T}o assess the risk of cross-species transmissions of {STLV}s from nonhuman primates to humans in the {D}emocratic {R}epublic of {C}ongo, a total of 330 samples, derived from primate bushmeat, were collected at remote forest sites where people rely on bushmeat for subsistence. {STLV} prevalences and genetic diversity were estimated by {PCR} and sequence analysis of tax-rex and {LTR} fragments. {O}verall, 7.9% of nonhuman primate bushmeat is infected with {STLV}s. {W}e documented new {STLV}-1 and {STLV}-3 variants in six out of the seven species tested and showed for the first time {STLV} infection in {C}. mona wolfi, {C}. ascanius whitesidei, {L}. aterrimus aterrimus, {C}. angolensis, and {P}. tholloni. {O}ur results provide increasing evidence that the diversity and geographic distribution of {PTLV}s are much greater than previously thought.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}ids {R}esearch and {H}uman {R}etroviruses},
  volume = {28},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {628--635},
  ISSN = {0889-2229},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1089/aid.2011.0211},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055948},
}