WOLFE, Nathan D.
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Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters.Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA), 102, 7994-7999, 2005.Order of authorship in the original publication: Wolfe, Heniene, Carr ...Birx.... "As of 2016, 301 terrestrial mammals were threatened with extinction due to hunting for bushmeat including primates, even-toed ungulates, bats, diprotodont marsupials, rodents and carnivores occurring in developing countries.[5]" Killing and processing bushmeat has created an increased opportunity for transmission of "several zoonotic viruses from animal hosts to humans, such as Ebolavirus, HIV,[6][7][8] and various species of coronavirus including SARS-CoV-2.[9]" (Wikipedia article on Bushmeat, accessed 4-2020). Wolfe and colleagues analyzed blood of bushmeat hunters in Cameroon and discovered two novel viruses previously unknown: Human T-lymphopic virus-3 HTLV-3 and HTLV-4. They also reported that HTLV-3 is genetically similar to STLV-3 of monkeys and posited that this virus mutated and jumped from humans to monkeys. Available from pnas.org at this link. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.) Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Cameroon, INFECTIOUS DISEASE › HTLV-3, HTLV-4, VIROLOGY › VIRUSES (by Family) › Retroviridae |