Epidemiological and “non-classical” biological features of SFV infected humans in contact group.

Loc: location. Cont: contact. Samp: sampling. SFV: Simian Foamy Virus/ LTR: Long Terminal Repeat/ Gor: Gorilla/ Cerco: Cercopithecus/ Ind: Indeterminate/ +: Positive/ −: Negative/ Wound severity: 1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high.*: were serologically tested at least twice with Chimpanzee's antigen. Result profile was invariable. Western Blot with small monkey's (Cercopithecus) antigen was positive for Bad50 and invariably the same for the three others.◊: sampled twice and tested two times in serology and PCR/.‡: family members also tested (spouse and/or children).Φ: (pro)viral loads are reported per 105 cells.