title: Exposure to wild primates among HIV-infected persons.
abstract: HIV-1 is an immunosuppressive pathogen. Our behavioral data for 191 HIV-1-infected rural Cameroonians show frequent exposure to nonhuman primates through activities such as hunting and butchering. Immunosuppression among persons exposed to body fluids of wild nonhuman primates could favor the process of adaptation and subsequent emergence of zoonotic pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: LeBreton
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ubald
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tamoufe
authors.forename: Eitel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mpoudi-Ngole
authors.forename: Judith N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Torimiro
authors.forename: Cyrille F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Djoko
authors.forename: Jean K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tassy Prosser
authors.forename: Anne W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Rimoin
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Birx
authors.forename: Donald S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Nathan D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Wolfe
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009790:Occupations; D011323:Primates; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000635:transmission*