Possible Route of Infection of African Green Monkeys by SIV (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Possible Route of Infection of African Green Monkeys by SIV

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The arrows on this map of Africa illustrates the UA researchers' hypothesis that SIV first infected the westernmost species of African green monkey and then moved east across the continent.

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Credit: Joel Wertheim and Michael Worobey, courtesy of PLoS Pathogens.

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