Table 2. Type of nonhuman primate contact by participants in a study of the origin of HTLV-1 in rural western Africa, 2006–2007*.

Variable	Activity resulting in contact
	Hunting	Dismembering	Preparing or cooking	Eating
Women, n = 402	0%	62.4%	66.9%	81.3%
Men, n = 371	11.6%	63.6%	21.6%	90.8%
Relative exposure, men vs. women	NA	1.02	0.32	1.12

*Sex assignation was lost for 3 persons; thus, the total sampling size was 773 rather than 776, the total number included in the study. HTLV-1, human T-lymphotropic virus type1; NA, not applicable.