Non-invasive testing reveals a high prevalence of simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 antibodies in wild adult chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire.
Little information is available on the prevalence of retrovirus infections in populations of non-human primates living in their natural habitats. To gain such information, methods were developed to detect antibodies to simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) in urine from wild chimpanzees. Samples from more than 74 chimpanzees living in three communities in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, were analysed. The prevalence of STLV-1 antibodies in adults and adolescents was significantly higher (35/49, 71.4 %) than that in infant and juvenile chimpanzees (3/31, 9.7 %).
Institute for Parasitology and International Animal Health, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany.|Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.|Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit, Robert Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Fabian H
FH
Leendertz
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Christophe
C
Boesch
Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit, Robert Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Heinz
H
Ellerbrok
Zoologisch-Botanischer Garten Wilhelma, 70342 Stuttgart, Germany.
Wolfram
W
Rietschel
Lanada/Lcpa, Bingerville, Côte d'Ivoire.
Emmanuel
E
Couacy-Hymann
Zentrum für Biologische Sicherheit, Robert Koch-Institut, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Georg
G
Pauli
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000652:urine; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000652:urine; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000652:urine; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000652:urine*; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000652:urine*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire / Q000453:epidemiology; D006800:Deltaretrovirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000652:urine*; D015995:Prevalence; D015303:Simian T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral