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Nature 460, 470-471 (23 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/460470a; Published online 22 July 2009
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Infectious diseases: An ill wind for wild chimps?
Robin A. Weiss1 & Jonathan L. Heeney2
Abstract
Simian immunodeficiency virus is associated with increased mortality in a subspecies of chimpanzee living under natural conditions in East Africa. This is worrying news for the chimpanzee populations involved.
Today's pandemic strain of HIV-1 crossed the species barrier from chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) to humans less than 100 years ago. Until now, it has been widely assumed that the precursor of HIV-1, chimpanzee simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVcpz), causes little, if any, illness in its animal host.
- Robin A. Weiss is in the Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London W1T 4JF, UK.
Email: r.weiss@ucl.ac.uk - Jonathan L. Heeney is in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK.
Email: jlh66@cam.ac.uk
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