Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2012)

Diversity of Parvovirus 4–like Viruses in Humans, Chimpanzees, and Monkeys in Hunter–Prey Relationships

  • Cornelia Adlhoch,
  • Marco Kaiser,
  • Anna Loewa,
  • Markus Ulrich,
  • Christian Forbrig,
  • Edgard V. Adjogoua,
  • Chantal Akoua-Koffi,
  • Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann,
  • Siv Aina J. Leendertz,
  • Wolfram Rietschel,
  • Christophe Boesch,
  • Heinz Ellerbrok,
  • Bradley S. Schneider,
  • Fabian H. Leendertz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1805.111849
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 5
pp. 859 – 862

Abstract

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During 2010–2011, we investigated interspecies transmission of partetraviruses between predators (humans and chimpanzees) and their prey (colobus monkeys) in Côte d’Ivoire. Despite widespread infection in all species investigated, no interspecies transmission could be detected by PCR and genome analysis. All sequences identified formed species- or subspecies (chimpanzee)-specific clusters, which supports a co-evolution hypothesis.

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