Table 1. Species identification and viruses found in smuggled nonhuman primate bushmeat samples1.
Species2 | Common name | Sample number1 | Tissue | LCV | CMV | SFV | Origin of package | Destination of package |
Chlorocebus sabaeus | green monkey | CII-040 | Bone marrow | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | ||
Chlorocebus sabaeus | green monkey | CII-051 | Bone marrow | + | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | |
Chlorocebus sabaeus | green monkey | CII-044 | Trachea | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | ||
Chlorocebus sabaeus | green monkey | CII-144 | Trachea | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | ||
Cercopithecus nictitans | greater white-nosed monkey | BM002 | Muscle | + | Nigeria | Dallas, TX | ||
Papio papio | baboon | CII-013 | Bone marrow | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | ||
Papio papio | baboon | CII-028 | Spinal nerve | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | ||
Muscle | + | |||||||
Papio papio | baboon | CII-046 | Right eye | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | ||
Papio papio | baboon | CII-163 | Optic nerve | + | + | Guinea | Staten Island, NY | |
Right eye | + | + | ||||||
Trachea | + | + | ||||||
Cercocebus atys | sooty mangabey | BM008 | Muscle | + | + | Liberia | Philadelphia, PA | |
Cercocebus atys | sooty mangabey | BM010 | Muscle | + | Liberia | Philadelphia, PA | ||
Pan troglodytes ellioti | Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee | BM013 | Muscle | + | Nigeria | Queens, NY |
Only samples testing positive are listed. All other rodent and simian samples were negative for all pathogens tested.
Species identification inferred with phylogenetic analysis.