Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Simian Foamy Virus Transmission from Apes to Humans, Rural Cameroon

Sara Calattini*, Edouard B.A. Betsem†, Alain Froment‡, Philippe Mauclère*†‡§, Patricia Tortevoye*, Christine Schmitt*, Richard Njouom§, Ali Saib¶, and Antoine Gessain*

Author affiliations: *Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; †Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroun; ‡Centre de l'InstitutdeRecherchepourleDéveloppement, Orléans, France; §Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun; ¶Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France;

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Geographic distribution in Cameroon of the studied populations and the 13 persons infected by simian foamy virus (SFV), according to serologic and molecular results. Red, SFV-positive persons from the hunter study; green, SFV-positive persons from the retrospective study; blue circle, Pygmy area; violet circles, Bantu areas.

Figure 1. Geographic distribution in Cameroon of the studied populations and the 13 persons infected by simian foamy virus (SFV), according to serologic and molecular results. Red, SFV-positive persons from the hunter study; green, SFV-positive persons from the retrospective study; blue circle, Pygmy area; violet circles, Bantu areas.

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