Detection of TT virus among chimpanzees in the wild using a noninvasive technique.
Zoonotic transmission and emergence of pathogens are serious threats to endangered populations of free-ranging primate species. Recent discovery of a nonpathogenic yet highly prevalent virus in human populations, TT virus (TTV), has prompted studies into the presence of this virus among captive individuals of other species of nonhuman primates. In this study, we screened captive primate species for TTV. In addition, we provide the first data on TTV infectionin free-ranging primates by noninvasive screening of three chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes sweinfurthii) commlunities. Phylogenetic relationships between virus isolates and those previously reported from hulman popullations, captive primates, and domesticated species are inferred. Our findings are discussed with respect to potential zoonotic events that may result from increased levels of human encroachlment into wild habitats.
Barnett
Oliver E
OE
Department of Biological Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK7 6AA, UK. O.E.Barnett@open.ac.uk
Worobey
Michael
M
Holmes
Edward C
EC
Cooper
Alan
A
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D003223:Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005784:Gene Amplification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity; D022783:Torque teno virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015047:Zoonoses
D004279:DNA, Viral