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Primate parts smuggled inside cases of fish. Suitcases stuffed with dried duiker antelope that's later sold door to door. Smoked cane rat strapped under a smuggler's clothes. These are the hallmarks of the unregulated, underground bushmeat trade in America.
HIV-like virus found in smuggled meat
Seeded on Thu May 27, 2010 2:47 PM EDT
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Last month, the CDC and the Wildlife Conservation Society released preliminary test results that found primate bushmeat seized in New York City contained two strains of the simian foamy virus -- a virus related to HIV--that can infect people.
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