Exposure to wild primates among HIV-infected persons.
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.
LeBreton
Matthew
M
Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Yang
Otto
O
Tamoufe
Ubald
U
Mpoudi-Ngole
Eitel
E
Torimiro
Judith N
JN
Djoko
Cyrille F
CF
Carr
Jean K
JK
Tassy Prosser
A
A
Rimoin
Anne W
AW
Birx
Deborah L
DL
Burke
Donald S
DS
Wolfe
Nathan D
ND
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*