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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
African great apes are naturally infected with polyomaviruses closely related to Merkel cell polyomavirus
Journal of Virology, Volume 85, No. 2, Year 2011
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Description
The oncogenic Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) infects humans worldwide, but little is known about the occurrence of viruses related to MCPyV in the closest phylogenetic relatives of humans, great apes. We analyzed samples from 30 wild chimpanzees and one captive gorilla and identified two new groups of polyomaviruses (PyVs). These new viruses are by far the closest relatives to MCPyV described to date, providing the first evidence of the natural occurrence of PyVs related to MCPyV in wild great apes. Similar to MCPyV, the prevalence of these viruses is relatively high (> This, together with the fact that humans in West and Central Africa frequently hunt and butcher primates, may point toward further MCPyV-like strains spreading to, or already existing in, our species. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Leendertz, Fabian Hubertus
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Scuda, Nelly
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Cameron, Kenneth N.
United States, Denver
Morris Animal Foundation
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Kidega, Tonny
Uganda, Masindi
Budongo Conservation Field Station
Zuberbühler, Klaus
Uganda, Masindi
Budongo Conservation Field Station
United Kingdom, St Andrews
University of st Andrews
Leendertz, Siv Aina Jensen
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Norway, As
Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel
Cote D'ivoire, Bingerville
Lanada
Boesch, Christophe
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Ehlers, Bernhard
Germany, Berlin
Robert Koch Institute
Statistics
Citations: 59
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1128/JVI.01585-10
ISSN:
0022538X
e-ISSN:
10985514
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study