TY - JOUR AU - Jones-Engel, Lisa AU - Engel, Gregory AU - Schillaci, Michael AU - Rompis, Aida AU - Putra, Artha AU - Suaryana, Komang Gde AU - Fuentes, Agustin AU - Beer, Brigitte AU - Hicks, Sarah AU - White, Robert AU - Wilson, Brenda AU - Allan, Jonathan T1 - Primate-to-Human Retroviral Transmission in Asia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1028 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We describe the first reported transmission to a human of simian foamy virus (SFV) from a free-ranging population of nonhuman primates in Asia. The transmission of an exogenous retrovirus, SFV, from macaques (Macaca fascicularis) to a human at a monkey temple in Bali, Indonesia, was investigated with molecular and serologic techniques. Antibodies to SFV were detected by Western blotting of serum from 1 of 82 humans tested. SFV DNA was detected by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from the blood of the same person. Cloning and sequencing of PCR products confirmed the virus's close phylogenetic relationship to SFV isolated from macaques at the same temple. This study raises concerns that persons who work at or live around monkey temples are at risk for infection with SFV. KW - Keywords: Disease Transmission KW - Simian foamy virus KW - exogenous retrovirus KW - primate zoonoses KW - Macaca KW - Southeast Asia KW - Indonesia DO - 10.3201/eid1107.040957 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/7/04-0957_article ER - End of Reference