@article{fdi:010055988,
  title = {{F}ailure to detect {S}imian {I}mmunodeficiency {V}irus infection in a large {C}ameroonian cohort with high non-human primate exposure},
  author = {{D}joko, {C}. {F}. and {W}olfe, {N}. {D}. and {A}ghokeng {F}obang, {A}velin and {L}e{B}reton, {M}. and {L}i{\'e}geois, {F}lorian and {T}amoufe, {U}. and {S}chneider, {B}. and {O}rtiz, {N}. and {M}bacham, {W}. {F}. and {C}arr, {J}. {K}. and {R}imoin, {A}. {W}. and {F}air, {J}. {N}. and {P}ike, {B}. {L}. and {M}poudi-{N}gole, {E}. and {D}elaporte, {E}ric and {B}urke, {D}. {S}. and {P}eeters, {M}artine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{H}unting and butchering of wildlife in {C}entral {A}frica are known risk factors for a variety of human diseases, including {HIV}/{AIDS}. {D}ue to the high incidence of human exposure to body fluids of non-human primates, the significant prevalence of simian immunodeficiency virus ({SIV}) in non-human primates, and hunting/butchering associated cross-species transmission of other retroviruses in {C}entral {A}frica, it is possible that {SIV} is actively transmitted to humans from primate species other than mangabeys, chimpanzees, and/or gorillas. {W}e evaluated {SIV} transmission to humans by screening 2,436 individuals that hunt and butcher non-human primates, a population in which simian foamy virus and simian {T}-lymphotropic virus were previously detected. {W}e identified 23 individuals with high seroreactivity to {SIV}. {N}ucleic acid sequences of {SIV} genes could not be detected, suggesting that {SIV} infection in humans could occur at a lower frequency than infections with other retroviruses, including simian foamy virus and simian {T}-lymphotropic virus. {A}dditional studies on human populations at risk for non-human primate zoonosis are necessary to determine whether these results are due to viral/host characteristics or are indicative of low {SIV} prevalence in primate species consumed as bushmeat as compared to other retroviruses in {C}ameroon.},
  keywords = {transmission ; simian immunodeficiency virus ; primates ; humans ; {C}entral {A}frica ; bushmeat},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}cohealth},
  volume = {9},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {17--23},
  ISSN = {1612-9202},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10393-012-0751-0},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055988},
}