Non-invasive testing reveals a high prevalence of simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 antibodies in wild adult chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire | Zendy

Fabian H. Leendertz | Zendy; Christophe Boesch | Zendy; Heinz Ellerbrok | Zendy; Wolfram Rietschel | Zendy; Emmanuel CouacyHymann | Zendy; Georg Pauli | Zendy

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Non-invasive testing reveals a high prevalence of simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 antibodies in wild adult chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire

Author(s) -

Fabian H. Leendertz,

Christophe Boesch,

Heinz Ellerbrok,

Wolfram Rietschel,

Emmanuel CouacyHymann,

Georg Pauli

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of general virology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55

H-Index - 167

eISSN - 1465-2099

pISSN - 0022-1317

DOI - 10.1099/vir.0.80052-0

Subject(s) - biology , simian , national park , virology , antibody , cote d ivoire , virus , immunology , ecology , philosophy , humanities

Little information is available on the prevalence of retrovirus infections in populations of non-human primates living in their natural habitats. To gain such information, methods were developed to detect antibodies to simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) in urine from wild chimpanzees. Samples from more than 74 chimpanzees living in three communities in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, were analysed. The prevalence of STLV-1 antibodies in adults and adolescents was significantly higher (35/49, 71.4 %) than that in infant and juvenile chimpanzees (3/31, 9.7 %).

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