A Seminomadic Population in Bangladesh with Extensive Exposure to Macaques Does Not Exhibit High Levels of Zoonotic Simian Foamy Virus Infection

Karen L Craig; M Kamrul Hasan; Dana L Jackson; Gregory A Engel; Khanh Soliven; Mostafa M Feeroz; Xiaoxing Wang; Lisa Jones-Engel; Maxine L Linial

doi:10.1128/JVI.01065-15

A Seminomadic Population in Bangladesh with Extensive Exposure to Macaques Does Not Exhibit High Levels of Zoonotic Simian Foamy Virus Infection

J Virol. 2015 Jul;89(14):7414-6. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01065-15. Epub 2015 Apr 29.

Authors

Karen L Craig¹, M Kamrul Hasan², Dana L Jackson¹, Gregory A Engel³, Khanh Soliven¹, Mostafa M Feeroz², Xiaoxing Wang¹, Lisa Jones-Engel³, Maxine L Linial⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ National Primate Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
⁴ Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA [email protected].

Abstract

Simian foamy viruses (SVF) are ubiquitous in nonhuman primates (NHP). SFV can be zoonotically transmitted to humans who either work with or live commensally with NHP. We analyzed the blood of 45 Bangladeshi performing monkey owners (an ethnic group called the Bedey) for SFV infection. Surprisingly, a PCR assay failed to detect SFV infection in any of these participants. This is in contrast to our previously reported infection rate of about 5% among Bangladeshi villagers.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Animals
Bangladesh / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Macaca
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Viral / blood
Retroviridae Infections / epidemiology*
Simian foamy virus / genetics
Simian foamy virus / isolation & purification*
Transients and Migrants*
Zoonoses / epidemiology*

Substances

RNA, Viral

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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