2012-04-01Zeitschriftenartikel
Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire
Calvignac, Sébastien; Adjogoua, Edgard Valerie; Akoua-Koffi, Chantal; Hedemann, Claudia; Schubert, Grit; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Leendertz, Siv Aina J.; Pauli, Georg; Leendertz, Fabian
Simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) strains occasionally infect humans. However, the frequency of such infections is unknown. We show that direct transmission of STLV-1 from nonhuman primates to humans may be ...