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Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Research

Simian T-Lymphotropic Virus Diversity among Nonhuman Primates, Cameroon

David M. Sintasath, Nathan D. Wolfe1, Matthew LeBreton, Hongwei Jia, Albert D. Garcia, Joseph Le Doux Diffo, Ubald Tamoufe, Jean K. Carr, Thomas M. Folks, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngole, Donald S. Burke2, Walid Heneine, and William M. SwitzerComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (D.M. Sintasath, D.S. Burke); University of California School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA (N.D. Wolfe, U. Tamoufe); Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon (M. LeBreton, J.L.D. Diffo, U. Tamoufe, E. Mpoudi-Ngole); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (H. Jia, A. D. Garcia, T.M. Folks, W. Heneine, W.M. Switzer); University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore (J.K. Carr)

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Figure 1

Distribution of primate T-lymphotropic viruses identified in humans and nonhuman primates from rural villages and forests in southern Cameroon. Colored circles and diamonds correspond to human (HTLVs) and simian T-lymphotropic viruses (STLVs) (subtypes), respectively, found at each study site in the current study and reported previously (7). Shaded triangles indicate approximate sampling sites where STLV-3–like strains have been reported by others (9). The 4 locations where Old World monkey and

Figure 1. Distribution of primate T-lymphotropic viruses identified in humans and nonhuman primates from rural villages and forests in southern Cameroon. Colored circles and diamonds correspond to human (HTLVs) and simian T-lymphotropic viruses (STLVs) (subtypes), respectively, found at each study site in the current study and reported previously (7). Shaded triangles indicate approximate sampling sites where STLV-3–like strains have been reported by others (9). The 4 locations where Old World monkey and prosimian species were sampled in this study are boxed in white. AB, Abat; MV, Mvangan; NY, Nyabissan; NL, Ngoila; MN, Manyemen; BA, Bangourain; MA, Massangam; YI, Yingui; ND, Ndikinimeki; NGV, Ngovayan; SA, Sobia; LE, Lomie; MO, Mouloundou.

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1Current affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

2Current affiliation: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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