Current Concerns
Unlinked CDC serosurvey of North American zoo workers identified positive workers
- 4/322 were identified as seropositive for SFV originating from chimpanzees; all 4 individuals handled non-human primates.
Seropositivity to SFV found in ~1.8-3.0% of persons occupationally exposed to non-human primates
- Unlinked SFV surveillance of non-human primate handlers conducted by Health Canada found 2/46 seroreactive
- 1/46 individual serum sample tested strongly positive in SFV western blot (WB) analysis.
- 1/46 serum sample reacted weakly in SFV WB test.