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 2
HIV-1/HIV-2 cross-reactive antibodiesa detected in primate species hunted in Cameroon
| Genus | Species | Common name | Pet animals | Primate bushmeat | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pos/tested | ind/tested | pos/tested | ind/tested | pos/tested | ind/tested | |||
| Cercocebus | agilis | Agile mangabey | 1/19 | 1/19 | 5/33 | 7/33 | 6/52 | 8/52 |
| torquatus | Red-capped mangabey | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Lophocebus | albigena | Grey-cheeked mangabey | 0/6 | 0/6 | 2/15 | 3/15 | 2/21 | 3/21 |
| Cercopithecus | cephus | Mustached guenon | 1/29 | 3/29 | 48/273 | 9/273 | 49/302 | 12/302 |
| mona | Mona monkey | 1/7 | 0/7 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2/9 | 0/9 | |
| neglectus | De Brazza’s monkey | 1/8 | 0/8 | 9/26 | 1/26 | 10/34 | 1/34 | |
| nictitans | Greater spot-nosed monkey | 6/44 | 0/44 | 22/122 | 3/122 | 28/166 | 3/166 | |
| pogonias | Crested mona | 0/6 | 0/6 | 9/67 | 4/67 | 9/73 | 4/73 | |
| preussi | Preuss’s monkey | 0/1 | - | - | - | 0/1 | - | |
| Chlorocebus | tantalus | Tantalus monkey | 3/18 | 0/18 | - | - | 3/18 | 0/18 |
| Miopithecus | ogouensis | Gabon talapoin | 2/11 | 1/11 | 2/8 | 0/8 | 4/19 | 1/19 |
| Erythrocebus | patas | Patas monkey | 1/19 | 0/19 | - | - | 1/19 | 0/19 |
| Colobus | guereza | Mantled guereza | 0/2 | 0/2 | 7/24 | 1/24 | 7/26 | 1/26 |
| Mandrillus | leucophaeus | Drill | 0/2 | 0/2 | - | - | 0/2 | 0/2 |
| sphinx | Mandrill | 7/20 | 0/20 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 8/22 | 1/22 | |
| Papio | anubis | Olive baboon | 2/22 | 0/22 | - | - | 2/22 | 0/22 |
| Total | 25/215 | 5/215 | 106/573 | 29/573 | 131/788 | 34/788 | ||
| (%) | 11.6% | 2.3% | 18.4% | 5.1% | 16.6% | 4.3% | ||
aPlasma samples were tested for antibodies cross-reactive with HIV-1 and HIV-2 antigens by using a recombinant-based line immunoassay (INNO-LIA HIV Confirmation, Innogenetics, Ghent, Belgium). Positive (pos) and indeterminant (ind) INNO-LIA scoring criteria as described in Methods.
