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Identification of a Hepatitis B Virus Genome in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi) from East Africa Indicates a Wide Geographical Dispersion among Equatorial African Primates

Jean-Pierre Vartanian 1, * Pascal Pineau 2, 3 Michel Henry 1 William Hamilton 4 Martin Müller 5 Richard Wrangham 5 Simon Wain-Hobson 1
* Corresponding author
1 Rétrovirologie Moléculaire
2 Recombinaison et Expression Génétique
3 Institut Pasteur [Paris]
4 University of Oxford [Oxford]
5 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Abstract : DNAs from four wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi) from eastern Africa were screened for 14 DNA viruses and retroviruses. Between two and three viruses were found in each animal. An entire hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome was amplified and sequenced from samples taken from one animal. This indicates that HBV is distributed across the entire range of chimpanzee habitats.
Keywords : Genome Ape Diseases Viral Hepatitis B hepatitis B virus Pan troglodytes
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Jean-Pierre Vartanian, Pascal Pineau, Michel Henry, William Hamilton, Martin Müller, et al.. Identification of a Hepatitis B Virus Genome in Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi) from East Africa Indicates a Wide Geographical Dispersion among Equatorial African Primates. Journal of Virology, American Society for Microbiology, 2002, 76 (21), pp.11155-11158. ⟨10.1128/jvi.76.21.11155-11158.2002⟩. ⟨pasteur-02872358⟩

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