Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Research
Simian Foamy Virus Transmission from Apes to Humans, Rural Cameroon
Table 1
Serologic results for simian foamy virus retrospective study, rural Cameroon, 1994–2000
Area | Study population |
Test results |
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Race | Age range, y | Total no. | Men | Women | Negative | Borderline, no. (%) | Positive, no. (%) | ||
Bipindi Lolodorf | Bakola Pygmies | 30–82 | 478 | 214 | 264 | 448 | 16 (3.34) | 14 (2.92) | |
Bantus | 40–83 | 370 | 180 | 190 | 326 | 40 (10.81) | 4 (1.08) | ||
Ntem | Bantus | 20–78 | 316 | 144 | 172 | 283 | 30 (9.49) | 3 (0.9) | |
Total | 20–83 | 1,164 | 538 | 626 | 1,057 | 86 (7.38) | 21 (1.8) |