Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9268330 | Journal of Clinical Virology | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Non-invasive faecal sampling in the equatorial forest in Gabon allowed the first identification of the hepatitis B virus (HBV-ChRC170) genome in samples collected from wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes). The HBV-ChRCl70sequence 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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Authors
M. Makuwa, S. Souquière, S.L. Clifford, A. Mouinga-Ondeme, M. Bawe-Johnson, E.J. Wickings, S. Latour, F. Simon, P. Roques,