Publications by authors named "Joseph L Diffo"
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- The white-bellied pangolin, the most trafficked mammal, is nearing extinction and understanding its trafficking origins is crucial for combating this issue.
- A genomic analysis of 111 samples from Africa and 643 confiscated scales from Asia revealed a shift in poaching from West to Central Africa, particularly around Cameroon's southern border.
- The research identified Nigeria as a key trafficking hub for pangolin scales, providing new insights to inform anti-trafficking strategies and disrupt illegal wildlife trade.
The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies snake bites as neglected public health problem affecting mostly tropical and subtropical countries. In Africa there are an estimated 1 million snake bites annually with about half needing a specific treatment. Women, children and farmers in poor rural communities in developing countries are the most affected.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The recent discoveries of novel human T-lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and highly divergent simian T-lymphotropic virus type 3 (STLV-3) subtype D viruses from two different monkey species in southern Cameroon suggest that the diversity and cross-species transmission of these retroviruses are much greater than currently appreciated.
Results: We describe here the first full-length sequence of a highly divergent STLV-3d(Cmo8699AB) virus obtained by PCR-based genome walking using DNA from two dried blood spots (DBS) collected from a wild-caught Cercopithecus mona monkey. The genome of STLV-3d(Cmo8699AB) is 8913-bp long and shares only 77% identity to other PTLV-3s.
Plasmodium falciparum, the causative agent of malignant malaria, is among the most severe human infectious diseases. The closest known relative of P. falciparum is a chimpanzee parasite, Plasmodium reichenowi, of which one single isolate was previously known.
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