Volume 18, Number 5—May 2012
Dispatch
Origin of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in Rural Côte d’Ivoire
Table 2
Type of nonhuman primate contact by participants in a study of the origin of HTLV-1 in rural western Africa, 2006–2007*
Variable | Activity resulting in contact |
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Hunting | Dismembering | Preparing or cooking | Eating | |
Women, n = 402 | 0% | 62.4% | 66.9% | 81.3% |
Men, n = 371 | 11.6% | 63.6% | 21.6% | 90.8% |
Relative exposure, men vs. women | NA | 1.02 | 0.32 | 1.12 |
*Sex assignation was lost for 3 persons; thus, the total sampling size was 773 rather than 776, the total number included in the study. HTLV-1, human T-lymphotropic virus type1; NA, not applicable.