Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012
Dispatch
Diversity of Parvovirus 4–like Viruses in Humans, Chimpanzees, and Monkeys in Hunter–Prey Relationships
Cornelia Adlhoch1, Marco Kaiser1
, Anna Loewa, Markus Ulrich, Christian Forbrig, Edgard V. Adjogoua, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Siv Aina J. Leendertz, Wolfram Rietschel, Christophe Boesch, Heinz Ellerbrok, Bradley S. Schneider, and Fabian H. Leendertz
, Anna Loewa, Markus Ulrich, Christian Forbrig, Edgard V. Adjogoua, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Siv Aina J. Leendertz, Wolfram Rietschel, Christophe Boesch, Heinz Ellerbrok, Bradley S. Schneider, and Fabian H. LeendertzTable
Results of testing analyzed samples for PARV4 and PARV4-like viruses, Côte d’Ivoire*
| Sample origin | Sample material, no. PCR positive/no. tested (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | Bone marrow | Intestine | Spleen | Muscle | Liver | Lung | Total | |
| Red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus badius) | 1/14 (7)† | 2/6 (33) | 0/1 | 0/3 | 2/2 (100) | 1/2 (50) | 1/2 (50) | 7/30 (23) |
| Black and white colobus monkey (Colobus polykomos) | 2/10 (20)‡ | – | 0/1 | – | 0/3 | 0/1 | – | 2/15 (13) |
| Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) | 0/1‡ | – | – | 5/13 (38) | – | – | 2/3 (67) | 7/17 (41) |
| Human§ | 12/700 (2) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12/700 (2) |
*Each sample represents 1 animal or person; PARV4, parvovirus 4; –, no sample.
†Blood or buffy coat.
‡Buffy coat.
§Dried blood spot on filter paper.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
