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| Identification of a human population infected with simian foamy viruses |
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| Author(s): Heneine W, Switzer WM, Sandstrom P, Brown J, Vedapuri S, Schable CA, Khan AS, Lerche NW, Schweizer M, Neumann-Haefelin D, Chapman LE, Folks TM |
| Source: NATURE MEDICINE Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Pages: 403-407 Published: APR 1998 |
| Times Cited: 127 References: 32 |
| Abstract: Studying the transmission of simian retroviruses to humans can help define the importance of these infections to public health. We identified a substantial prevalence (4/231, 1.8%) of infection with simian foamy viruses (SFV) among humans occupationally exposed to nonhuman primates. Evidence of SFV infection included seropositivity, proviral DNA detection and isolation of foamy virus. The infecting SFV originated from an African green monkey (one person) and baboons (three people), These infections have not as yet resulted in either disease or sexual transmission, and may represent benign endpoint infections. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: Heneine, W (reprint author), Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, HIV & Retrovirol Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA |
Addresses:
1. Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, HIV & Retrovirol Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
2. Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Immunol & Diagnost Branch, Natl Ctr Infect Dis, Atlanta, GA 30333 USA
3. US FDA, Ctr Biol Evaluat & Res, Lab Retrovirus Res, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
4. Univ Calif Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Calif Reg Primate Res Ctr, Simian Retrovirus Lab, Livermore, CA 95616 USA
5. Univ Freiburg, Dept Virol, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany |
| Publisher: NATURE AMERICA INC, 345 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1707 USA |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Cell Biology; Medicine, Research & Experimental |
| IDS Number: ZF531 |
| ISSN: 1078-8956 |
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