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Table 2 Representative SFV zoonotic infection studies

From: Foamy virus zoonotic infections

Location

Subjects

No.

No. SFV Ab+ (%)

No. SFV PCR+ (%)

SFV source

References

A. North America

US and Canada

Lab workers exposed to NHPa

231

4 (1.8)

4 (1.8)

3 baboon

1 Cercopithecus sp.c

Heneine et al. [68]

North America

Zoo keepers working with NHP

133

4 (3)

N/A

Most likely chimpanzee

Sandstrom et al. [69]

Canada

Primate facility workers

46

2 (4.3)

1 (2.2)

1 macaque

Brooks et al. [70]

North America

Res. centers and zoo workers

187

10 (5.3)

9/9 Ab+ tested

8 chimpanzee

1 baboon

Switzer et al. [71]

B. Africa

Cameroon

Bush meat hunters and butchers

1099

10 (0.9)

3 (0.3)

1 mandrill

1 gorilla

1 Cercopithecus sp.

Wolfe et al. [72]

Cameroon

VRb near NHP populations

1164

21 (1.8)

4/11 Ab+ tested

3 gorilla

1 chimpanzee

Calattini et al. [73]

Contact with NHP:

    

– apes

85

29

9 (10.6)

7 (24.1)

9 (10.6)

7 (24.1)

5 gorilla

2 chimpanzee

– monkeys

56

2 (3.6)

2 (3.6)

1 mandrill

1 Cercopithecus sp.

Cameroon

General Adult population

1321

26 (2)

2 (0.2)

1 gorilla

1 Cercopithecus sp.

Betsem et al. [74]

People with NHP bites or scratches

198

53 (26.7)

37 (18.6)

31 gorilla

3 chimpanzee

3 Cercopithecus sp.

Gabon

NHP hunters and those interacting with petsd

78

10 women

59 men

9 children

19 (24.4)

15 (19.2)

12 gorilla

2 chimpanzee

1 Cercopithecus sp.

Mouinga-Ondéme et al. [75]

C. Asia

Thailand, Indonesia, Nepal and Bangladesh

People sharing NHP habitat

305

8 (2.6)

3 (1)

3 macaques

Jones-Engel et al. [76]

Bangladesh

VR sharing NHP habitat

209

18 (8.6)

12 (5.6)

11 macaques

Engel et al. [77]

  1. aNonhuman primates, bvillage residents
  2. cAlso known as guenons. This genus is comprised of at least 26 species of Old World monkeys
  3. dIncludes children