SIV infection in wild gorillas

Fran Van Heuverswyn, Yingying Li, Cecile Neel, Elizabeth Bailes, Brandon F. Keele, Weimin Liu, Severin Loul, Christelle Butel, Florian Liegeois, Yanga Bienvenue, Eitel Mpoudi Ngolle, Paul M. Sharp, George M. Shaw, Eric Delaporte, Beatrice H. Hahn and Martine Peeters ()
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Fran Van Heuverswyn: UMR145, University of Montpellier 1
Yingying Li: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Cecile Neel: UMR145, University of Montpellier 1
Elizabeth Bailes: Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham
Brandon F. Keele: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Weimin Liu: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Severin Loul: Projet Prevention du Sida au Cameroun (PRESICA), BP 1874 Yaoundé
Christelle Butel: UMR145, University of Montpellier 1
Florian Liegeois: UMR145, University of Montpellier 1
Yanga Bienvenue: Projet Prevention du Sida au Cameroun (PRESICA), BP 1874 Yaoundé
Eitel Mpoudi Ngolle: Projet Prevention du Sida au Cameroun (PRESICA), BP 1874 Yaoundé
Paul M. Sharp: Institute of Genetics, University of Nottingham
George M. Shaw: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Eric Delaporte: UMR145, University of Montpellier 1
Beatrice H. Hahn: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Martine Peeters: UMR145, University of Montpellier 1

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7116, 164-164

Abstract: Changing species HIV 1 group M, the AIDS pandemic virus, was traced to a single cross-over of simian immunodeficiency virus from chimpanzees in west central Africa. Cross-over from the same reservoir led to the infection of a few individuals in Cameroon with HIV-1 group N. A third virus in this radiation, HIV-1 group O, was identified in Cameroon in 1994 but its primate reservoir was unknown. Now a probable source has been found: viruses resembling HIV-1 group O are present in wild-living gorillas. Like chimpanzees, gorillas are hunted as food, a possible route for human HIV-1 group O infection.

Date: 2006
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