High seroprevalence of enterovirus infections in apes and old world monkeys



: Harvala H, McIntyre CL, Imai N, Clasper L, Djoko CF, LeBreton M, Vermeulen M, Saville A, Mutapi F, Tamoufé U, Kiyang J, Biblia TG, Midzi N, Mduluza T, Pépin J, Njouom R, Smura T, Fair JN, Wolfe ND, Roivainen M, Simmonds P

: 2012

: Emerging Infectious Diseases

: Emerging infectious diseases

: Emerg Infect Dis

: 18

: 2

: 283

: 6

: 1080-6040

: 1080-6059

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.111363


To estimate population exposure of apes and Old World monkeys in Africa to enteroviruses (EVs), we conducted a seroepidemiologic study of serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies against 3 EV types. Detection of species A, B, and D EVs infecting wild chimpanzees demonstrates their potential widespread circulation in primates.



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