%0 Journal Article %A Leendertz, Fabian H. %A Boesch, Christophe %A Ellerbrok, Heinz %A Rietschel, Wolfram %A Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel %A Pauli, Georg %T Non-invasive testing reveals a high prevalence of simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 antibodies in wild adult chimpanzees of the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire %D 2004 %J Journal of General Virology, %V 85 %N 11 %P 3305-3312 %@ 1465-2099 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.80052-0 %I Microbiology Society, %X Little information is available on the prevalence of retrovirus infections in populations of non-human primates living in their natural habitats. To gain such information, methods were developed to detect antibodies to simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (STLV-1) in urine from wild chimpanzees. Samples from more than 74 chimpanzees living in three communities in the Taï National Park, Côte d'Ivoire, were analysed. The prevalence of STLV-1 antibodies in adults and adolescents was significantly higher (35/49, 71·4 %) than that in infant and juvenile chimpanzees (3/31, 9·7 %). %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/vir.0.80052-0