Ivory Coast, thought to be one of the last strongholds for the species pan troglodytes verus was believed to be home to between 8,000 and 12,000 chimps.
We analyzed samples from wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in the Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire; their prey, red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius) and black-and-white colobus monkeys (Colobus polykomos); and humans who hunt colobus monkeys in the same region.
High variety of different simian T-cell leukemia virus type 1 strains in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Tai National Park, Cote d'Ivoire.
No evidence for transmission of SIVwrc from western red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius badius) to wild west African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) despite high exposure through hunting.