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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Co-circulation of enteroviruses between apes and humans
Journal of General Virology, Volume 95, No. PART 2, Year 2014
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A total of 139 stool samples from wild chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos in Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were screened for enteroviruses (EVs) by reverse transcription PCR. Enterovirus RNA was detected in 10% of samples, comprising eight from 58 sampled chimpanzees (13.8 %), one from 40 bonobos (2.5 %) and five from 40 gorillas (12.2 %). Three viruses isolated from chimpanzees grouped with human isolate EV-A89 and four (four chimpanzees, one gorilla) represented a newly identified type, EV-A119. These species A virus types overlapped with those circulating in human populations in the same area. The remaining six strains comprised a new species D type, EV-D120, infecting one chimpanzee and four gorillas, and a single EV variant infecting a bonobo that was remarkably divergent from other EVs and potentially constitutes a new enterovirus species. The study demonstrates both the circulation of genetically divergent EV variants in apes and monkeys as well as those shared with local human populations. © 2014 SGM.
Authors & Co-Authors
Harvala, Heli J.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Nguyen, Dung Ngoc Thi
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
McIntyre, Chloe L.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Ahuka-Mundeke, Steve
France, Montpellier
Recherches Translationnelles Sur le Vih et Les Maladies Infectieuses
Democratic Republic Congo, Kinshasa
Clinique Universitaire de Kinshasa
Ngole, Eitel Mpoudi
Cameroon, Yaounde
Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement Cameroon
Delaporte, Éric
France, Montpellier
Recherches Translationnelles Sur le Vih et Les Maladies Infectieuses
Peeters, Martine F.
France, Montpellier
Recherches Translationnelles Sur le Vih et Les Maladies Infectieuses
Simmonds, Peter N.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Statistics
Citations: 37
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1099/vir.0.059048-0
ISSN:
00221317
e-ISSN:
14652099
Study Locations
Cameroon
Congo