Isolation and characterization of a new chimpanzee lentivirus (simian immunodeficiency virus isolate cpz-ant) from a wild-captured chimpanzee : AIDS

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Isolation and characterization of a new chimpanzee lentivirus (simian immunodeficiency virus isolate cpz-ant) from a wild-captured chimpanzee

Peelers, Marline*; Fransen, Katrien*; Delaporle, Eric*§; den Haesevelde, Marleen Van; Gershy-Damet, Guy-Michel; Keslens, Luc*; van der Groen, Guido*; Piol, Peler*

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From the *Institute of Tropical Medicine and

†Rlnnogenetics, Antwerp, Belgium

‡lnstitut Pasteur, Abidjan, Côte d'lvoire and

§INSERM U13/IHEA, Hôpital Claude Bernard, Paris, France.

Aids 6(5):p 447-452, May 1992.

Abstract

Conclusions 

This study shows that natural infection of wild-captured chimpanzees with an HIV-related virus may not be uncommon. The diversity of the two chimpanzee isolates, the different geographical origin and the absence of disease suggest that chimpanzees have not recently become SIVcpz-infected.

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