Volume 18, Number 2—February 2012
Dispatch
Survey of Infections Transmissible Between Baboons and Humans, Cape Town, South Africa
Table 2
Distribution of antibody-positive baboons by troop, Cape Peninsula , South Africa, April 2011*
Baboon troop | Predominant human habitat type | No. baboons tested | No. (%) CMV positive | No. (%) HAV positive | No. (%) EBV positive |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Red Hill | Urban residential | 3 | 3 (100) | 1 (33) | 1 (33) |
Da Gama | Urban residential | 7 | 3 (43) | 6 (86) | 1 (14) |
Smitswinkel Bay | Scenic tourist route | 3 | 1 (33) | 0 | 1 (33) |
Tokai JT | Forest plantation | 6 | 0 | 1 (17) | 2 (33) |
Tokai MT1 | Forest plantation | 8 | 2 (25) | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
*The locations of each baboon troop are indicated in Figure 1. CMV, cytomegalovirus; HAV, hepatitis A virus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus.