Molecular ecology and natural history of simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees.

Molecular ecology and natural history of simian foamy virus infection in wild-living chimpanzees.

Identifying microbial pathogens with zoonotic potential in wild-living primates can be important to human health, as evidenced by human immunodeficiency viruses types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) and Ebola virus. Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) are ancient retroviruses that infect Old and New World monkeys...

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Main Authors: Weimin Liu, Michael Worobey, Yingying Li, Brandon F Keele, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Yuanyuan Guo, Paul A Goepfert, Mario L Santiago, Jean-Bosco N Ndjango, Cecile Neel, Stephen L Clifford, Crickette Sanz, Shadrack Kamenya, Michael L Wilson, Anne E Pusey, Nicole Gross-Camp, Christophe Boesch, Vince Smith, Koichiro Zamma, Michael A Huffman, John C Mitani, David P Watts, Martine Peeters, George M Shaw, William M Switzer, Paul M Sharp, Beatrice H Hahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18604273/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18604273/?tool=EBI

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