Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Identification of hepatitis B virus genome in faecal sample from wild living chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in Gabon.
- Journal:
- Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
- Year:
- 2005
- Authors:
- Makuwa, M et al.
- Affiliation:
- Laboratoire de Ré
Abstract
Non-invasive faecal sampling in the equatorial forest in Gabon allowed the first identification of the hepatitis B virus (HBV-Ch(RC170)) genome in samples collected from wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes). The HBV-Ch(RCl70)sequence clustered with 100% bootstrap support with previous viral sequences obtained from Pan troglodytes subspecies. This is the first evidence of HBV infection in wild apes and confirms that the HBV-like strains thus far characterized in captive apes are directly related to those circulating in the wild.
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