Discovery of new strains of the HTLV-4 virus in hunters bitten by gorillas in Gabon
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 - 17:21
in Biology & Nature
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur and the CNRS have identified two new strains of the HTLV-4 virus in two hunters who were bitten by gorillas in Gabon. These findings, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, support the notion that gorillas represent a major source of infectious agents that can be passed on to humans.