1. Central African hunters exposed to simian immunodeficiency virus.
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Kalish, Marcia L., Wolfe, Nathan D., Ndongmo, Clement B., McNicholl, Janet, Robbins, Kenneth E., Aidoo, Michael, Fonjungo, Peter N., Alemnji, George, Zeh, Clement, Djoko, Cyrille F., Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel, Burke, Donald S., and Folks, Thomas M.
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EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research ,SIMIAN viruses ,HIV - Abstract
HIV-seronegative Cameroonians with exposure to nonhuman primates were tested for simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection. Seroreactivity was correlated with exposure risk (p<0.001). One person had strong humoral and weak cellular immune reactivity to SIVcol peptides. Humans are exposed to and possibly infected with SIV, which has major public health implications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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