Simian Foamy Virus in Non-Human Primates and Cross-Species Transmission to Humans in Gabon: An Emerging Zoonotic Disease in Central Africa?
It is now known that all human retroviruses have a non-human primate counterpart. It has been reported that the presence of these retroviruses in humans is the result of interspecies transmission. Several authors have described the passage of a simian retrovirus, simian foamy virus (SFV), from prima...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-06-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/5/6/1536 |