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Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Research

Simian Foamy Virus Transmission from Apes to Humans, Rural Cameroon

Sara Calattini*, Edouard B.A. Betsem†, Alain Froment‡, Philippe Mauclère*†‡§, Patricia Tortevoye*, Christine Schmitt*, Richard Njouom§, Ali Saib¶, and Antoine Gessain*Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; †Université de Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroun; ‡Centre de l'InstitutdeRecherchepourleDéveloppement, Orléans, France; §Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun; ¶Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France;

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Table 2

Demographic and epidemiologic features, serologic and PCR results, 13 SFV-infected inhabitants of rural Cameroon*

Participant code, sex, ethnicity Year(s) of sample collection Age at sample collection, at animal contact, y Type of animal Wound location Serologic results (specimen) LTR/
Intergase
PCR Integrase sequence Viral load, copies/500 mg DNA
60601, M, Bantu†‡ 1999 67, 30 Gorilla, monkey Finger + (plasma) +/+ Gorilla 10–100
801001, M, Pygmy†‡§ 1996, 
1998 60, 35 Gorilla Leg + (plasma) +/+ Gorilla 100–1,000
210301, M, Pygmy†‡ 1996, 
2004 68, 35 Gorilla Leg + (plasma) -/+ Gorilla 1–10
51302, F, Bantu†‡§ 1998 40, NK None? NK + (plasma) +/+ Chimp. 100–1,000
CH29, M, Pygmy¶ 2004, 
2005 50, 49 Chimp., gorilla Finger, 
foot + (DBS, plasma) +/+ Gorilla 1–10
CH61, M, Bantu*§¶ 2004, 
2005 65, 52 Gorilla Hand, 
arm + (plasma) +/+ Gorilla 10–100
CH65, M, Pygmy¶ 2004 58, 26 Gorilla Head, 
arm + (plasma) +/+ Gorilla 1–10
CH66, M, Pygmy¶ 2004 60, 56 Cerco.
nictitans,
Chimp. Hand, 
foot + (plasma) +/+ Chimp. ND
CH86, M, Bantu†¶ 2004 62, 47 Gorilla Hand + (plasma) +/+ Gorilla 1–10
CH99, M, Bantu¶ 2004 26, 25 Monkey,
species? Hand + (plasma) –/+ Mandrill 1–10
CH101, M, Bantu¶ 2004 76, 65 Gorilla Hand + (plasma) +/+ Gorilla 1–10
AG15, M, Bantu¶ 2004, 
2005 71, 28 Chimp. Hand, 
foot + (DBS,
plasma) +/+ Chimp. 100–1,000
AG16, M, Bantu¶ 2004, 
2005 43, 23 Monkey
Cerco. Foot + (DBS,
plasma) –/+ Cerco. 1–10

*SFV, simian foamy virus; LTR, long terminal repeat; +, positive; –, negative; DBS, dried blood spot; NK, not known; Chimp., chimpanzee; ND, not determined; Cerco., Cercopithecus. The age at contact with nonhuman primate and the type of animal contact concern the results of the field interviews performed for each person found to be infected by SFV.
†Wife or husband also tested.
‡Retrospective study participant.
§1 (A051302) or 2 (CH61 and 801001) children also tested.
¶Hunter study participant.

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