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  • New Virus May Have Come from Monkeys, Experts Say

    02/26/2005 8:46:46 AM PST · by austinite · 38 replies · 1,127+ views
    reuters ^ | Fri Feb 25, 7:49 PM ET | By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two new retroviruses never before seen in humans have turned up among people who regularly hunt monkeys in Cameroon, researchers reported on Friday. Like the AIDS (news - web sites) virus, these viruses insert their genetic material directly into cells and perhaps even into a person's or animal's chromosomes. Closely related versions of the viruses cause leukemia, inflammatory and neurological diseases. The two new viruses are called human T-lymphotropic virus types 3 and 4 or HTLV-3 and HTLV-4. They are closely related to two known viruses called HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, which experts believe were transmitted to people,...