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Exposure to Wild Primates among HIV-infected Persons - Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Abstract
HIV-1 is an immunosuppressive pathogen. Our behavioral data for 191 HIV-1-infected rural Cameroonians show frequent exposure to nonhuman primates through activities such as hunting and butchering. Immunosuppression among persons exposed to body fluids of wild nonhuman primates could favor the process of adaptation and subsequent emergence of zoonotic pathogens.
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