Article
High prevalence of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in a community of savanna chimpanzees.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 2011
Rudicell Rebecca S, Piel Alex K, Stewart Fiona, Moore Deborah L, Learn Gerald H, Li Yingying, Takehisa Jun, Pintea Lilian, Shaw George M, Moore Jim, Sharp Paul M, Hahn Beatrice H
Abstract excerpt
Simian immunodeficiency virus of chimpanzees (SIVcpz) has a significant negative impact on the health, reproduction, and life span of chimpanzees, yet the prevalence and distribution of this virus in wild-living populations are still only poorly understood. Here, we show that savanna chimpanzees, who live in ecologically marginal habitats at 10- to 50-fold lower population densities than forest chimpanzees, can...
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