Co-circulation of enteroviruses between apes and humans




TekijätHarvala H, Van Nguyen D, McIntyre C, Ahuka-Mundeke S, Ngole EM, Delaporte E, Peeters M, Simmonds P

Julkaisuvuosi2014

JournalJournal of General Virology

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiThe Journal of general virology

Lehden akronyymiJ Gen Virol

Vuosikerta95

NumeroPt 2

Aloitussivu403

Lopetussivu407

ISSN0022-1317

eISSN1465-2099

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1099/vir.0.059048-0


Tiivistelmä
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.



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