Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Research
Simian T-Lymphotropic Virus Diversity among Nonhuman Primates, Cameroon
Table 2
Taxonomic name (common name) | DBS extracted, no. | β-actin positive, no. (%) | tax positive,† no. (%) | STLV-1 LTR positive, no. | STLV-3 LTR positive, no. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Old World monkeys | |||||
Cercocebus agilis (agile mangabey) | 6 | 3 (50) | 3 (100) | 2 | 1 |
C. cephus (moustached monkey) | 41 | 32 (78) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. mona (mona monkey) | 40 | 36 (90) | 1(2.7) | 0 | 1 |
C. neglectus (de Brazza's monkey) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. nictitans (spot-nosed monkey) | 98 | 73 (74.5) | 7 (9.6) | 4 | 2 |
C. pogonias (crowned monkey) | 9 | 8 (88.8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Colobus guereza (guereza colobus) | 3 | 2 (66.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lophocebus albigena (gray-cheeked monkey) |
10 |
9 (90) |
1 (11.1) |
0 |
1 |
Prosimian | |||||
Arctocebus aureus (golden angwantibo) | 2 | 1 (50) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. calabarensis (calabar angwantibo) | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Galago alleni (Allen's galago) | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Perodicticus potto (potto) |
2 |
2 (100) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total | 215 | 170 (79.1) | 12 (7.1) | 6 (3.5) | 5 (2.9) |
*DBS, dried blood spots; STLV, simian T-lymphotropic virus; LTR, long terminal repeat.
†Samples negative for β-actin sequences were not tested for primate T-lymphotropic virus sequences.
1Current affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
2Current affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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