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Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012
Dispatch

Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire

Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Edgard V. Adjogoua, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Claudia Hedemann, Grit Schubert, Heinz Ellerbrok, Siv Aina Jensen Leendertz, Georg Pauli, and Fabian H. LeendertzComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany (S. Calvignac-Spencer, C. Hedemann, G. Schubert, H, Ellerbrok, S.A. Jensen Leendertz, G. Pauli, F. H. Leendertz); Institut Pasteur, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (E.V. Adjogoua, C. Akoua-Koffi)

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Table 1

Characteristics of persons positive for HTLV-1 or STLV-1 in a study of the origin of HTLV-1, rural western Africa, 2006–2007*

Study participant†, sex Infecting
subtype Minimum observed distance to any STLV-1, %
Type of contact and nonhuman primate contacted
LTR env Hunting Dismembering Preparation or cooking Eating
Gah050, M STLV-1I/SM 0.6 0.4 None Monkeys, chimp Monkeys, chimp Monkeys, chimp
Gul014, F HTLV-1A 3.2 2.9 None None Monkey, chimp Monkeys, chimp
Kei005, F STLV-1I/SM 0.6 0.5 None Monkeys Monkeys Monkeys
Kei025, M STLV-1J 0.3 0.2 None Monkeys None Monkeys
Kei075, F HTLV-1A 3.0 3.0 None None Monkeys Monkeys
Pau002, F HTLV-1A 3.2 2.5 None None Monkeys Monkeys
Pau009, M STLV-1I/SM 0 0.2 Monkeys, chimp Monkeys, chimp None Monkeys, chimp
Pon002, F HTLV-1A 4.2 2.8 None Monkeys Monkeys Monkeys
Tie005, F HTLV-1A 4.0 2.5 None Monkeys Monkeys Monkeys
Tie011, F HTLV-1A 4.5 2.4 None Monkeys Monkeys Monkeys

*Gray shading indicates infections with STLV-1–like HTLV-1 (as determined through phylogenetic analyses). Minimum distances were calculated by using the same datasets as for phylogenetic analyses (see Technical Appendix). HTLV-1, human T-lymphotropic virus type1; STLV-1, simian T-lymphotropic virus type1; LTR, long terminal repeat; chimp, chimpanzee(s).
†First 3 letters refer to the persons’ village of residence.

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