J Gen Virol Faster Access
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

J Gen Virol 85 (2004), 3305-3312; DOI 10.1099/vir.0.80052-0

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Leendertz, F. H.
Right arrow Articles by Pauli, G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Leendertz, F. H.
Right arrow Articles by Pauli, G.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Leendertz, F. H.
Right arrow Articles by Pauli, G.
© 2004 Society for General Microbiology

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

Fabian H. Leendertz1,2,3, Christophe Boesch2, Heinz Ellerbrok1, Wolfram Rietschel4, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann5 and Georg Pauli1

1 Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit, Robert Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany
2 Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
3 Institute for Parasitology and International Animal Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany
4 Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten Wilhelma, 70342 Stuttgart, Germany
5 Lanada/Lcpa, Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire

Correspondence
Georg Pauli
PauliG{at}rki.de

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 %).






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
INT J SYST EVOL MICROBIOL MICROBIOLOGY J GEN VIROL
J MED MICROBIOL ALL SGM JOURNALS
Copyright © 2004 by the Society for General Microbiology.