Genome Sequence of a Central Chimpanzee-Associated Polyomavirus Related to BK and JC Polyomaviruses, Pan troglodytes troglodytes Polyomavirus 1.
We amplified and sequenced the genome of a polyomavirus infecting a central chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes). This virus, which is closely related to BK and JC polyomaviruses, may help shed a new light on these human pathogens' evolutionary history.
Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany Institut de Recherches en Ecologie Tropicale, Libreville, Gabon.
Nadège F
NF
Madinda
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Martha M
MM
Robbins
Department of Primatology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.
Christophe
C
Boesch
Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Fabian H
FH
Leendertz
FG12 "Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Viruses Affecting Immunocompromised Patients," Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Bernhard
B
Ehlers
Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Sébastien
S
Calvignac-Spencer