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Published online 25 March 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020318-13
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Monkey meat riddled with SIV
HIV's ancestor common in African bushmeat.
More than one-fifth of the monkey meat sold in the markets of Cameroon is infected with HIV's ancestor, SIV, the first thorough survey of bushmeat reveals1.
The level and variety of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) strains found highlights the risk of new HIV-like viruses entering humans via bushmeat, claim the researchers.
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