Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 transmission dynamics in rural villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with high nonhuman primate exposure.

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 transmission dynamics in rural villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with high nonhuman primate exposure.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a history of nonhuman primate (NHP) consumption and exposure to simian retroviruses yet little is known about the extent of zoonotic simian retroviral infections in DRC. We examined the prevalence of human T-lymphotropic viruses (HTLV), a retrovirus gro...

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Main Authors: Megan Halbrook, Adva Gadoth, Anupama Shankar, HaoQiang Zheng, Ellsworth M Campbell, Nicole A Hoff, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Emile Okitolonda Wemakoy, Anne W Rimoin, William M Switzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008923

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008923

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