Zoonotic Transmission of Two New Strains of Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 4 in Hunters Bitten by a Gorilla in Central Africa
- 19 June 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 63 (6), 800-803
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciw389
Abstract
Molecular screening of 300 people at risk from Central Africa identified two HTLV-4 infected individuals. A zoonotic origin of infection was strongly suggested as both individuals reported being severely bitten by a gorilla during hunting activities. One strain was highly divergent and could be designated as the HTLV-4 subtype-b prototype.Funding Information
- Institut Pasteur
- Investissement d'Avenir
- Laboratoire d'Excellence (LABEX)
- Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Bourse de l′Ecole Normale Supérieure, Faculté Paris Diderot
- EU PF7 EDENext (n°261504)
- EMPERIE (n°223498)
- Service de Coopération et de l'Action Culturelle of the French Embassy in Yaounde
- Institut National pour le Cancer
- Virus Cancer Prevention Association in Paris, France
- Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, funded by the Gabonese Government, Total Gabon, and the French Foreign Ministry
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