title: Human immunodeficiency viruses: SIV infection in wild gorillas.
abstract: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) from west central Africa are recognized as the reservoir of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVcpzPtt) that have crossed at least twice to humans: this resulted in the AIDS pandemic (from human immunodeficiency virus HIV-1 group M) in one instance and infection of just a few individuals in Cameroon (by HIV-1 group N) in another. A third HIV-1 lineage (group O) from west central Africa also falls within the SIVcpzPtt radiation, but the primate reservoir of this virus has not been identified. Here we report the discovery of HIV-1 group O-like viruses in wild gorillas.
authors.affiliation: UMR145, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement and Department of International Health, University of Montpellier 1, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Fran
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Heuverswyn
authors.forename: Yingying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Cecile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neel
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bailes
authors.forename: Brandon F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Keele
authors.forename: Weimin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Severin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Loul
authors.forename: Christelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Butel
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liegeois
authors.forename: Yanga
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bienvenue
authors.forename: Eitel Mpoudi
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Ngolle
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: George M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Delaporte
authors.forename: Beatrice H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peeters
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology*; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000821:virology; D016097:Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology