Volume 8, Number 5—May 2002
Research
Risk to Human Health from a Plethora of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses in Primate Bushmeat
Martine Peeters*
, Valerie Courgnaud*, Bernadette Abela†, Philippe Auzel†‡, Xavier Pourrut*, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche§, Severin Loul†, Florian Liegeois*, Cristelle Butel*, Denis Koulagna¶, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole†, George M. Shaw§, Beatrice H. Hahn§, and Eric Delaporte*
, Valerie Courgnaud*, Bernadette Abela†, Philippe Auzel†‡, Xavier Pourrut*, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche§, Severin Loul†, Florian Liegeois*, Cristelle Butel*, Denis Koulagna¶, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole†, George M. Shaw§, Beatrice H. Hahn§, and Eric Delaporte*Table 1
Wild-born primates surveyed, by species, age, and status, Cameroon
| Genus | Species | Common name | Pet animals | Primate bushmeat | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Juveniles/ Infants | Adults | Juveniles/ infants | ||||
| Cercocebus | agilis | Agile mangabey | 4 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 52 |
| torquatus | Red-capped mangabey | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| Lophocebus | albigena | Grey-cheeked mangabey | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 21 |
| Cercopithecus | cephus | Mustached guenon | 3 | 26 | 217 | 56 | 302 |
| mona | Mona monkey | – | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| neglectus | De Brazza’s monkey | 2 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 34 | |
| nictitans | Greater spot-nosed monkey | 8 | 36 | 110 | 12 | 166 | |
| pogonias | Crested mona | 1 | 5 | 57 | 10 | 73 | |
| preussi | Preuss’s monkey | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Chlorocebus | tantalus | Tantalus monkey | 7 | 11 | – | – | 18 |
| Miopithecus | ogouensis | Gabon talapoin | 5 | 6 | 8 | – | 19 |
| Erytrocebus | patas | Patas monkey | 5 | 14 | – | – | 19 |
| Colobus | guereza | Mantled guereza | – | 2 | 24 | – | 26 |
| Mandrillus | leucophaeus | Drill | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
| sphinx | Mandrill | 5 | 15 | – | 2 | 22 | |
| Papio | anubis | Olive baboon | 11 | 11 | – | – | 22 |
| Total | 55 | 160 | 480 | 93 | 788 | ||
