Characterization of a Genogroup I Sapovirus Isolated from Chimpanzees in the Republic of Congo

Illich M. Mombo (1, 2) , Nicolas Berthet (1, 2) , Christiane Bouchier (3) , Joseph N. Fair (4) , Bradley S. Schneider (4) , François Renaud (2, 5) , Eric M. Leroy (1, 2) , Virginie Rougeron (1, 2)

1 CIRMF - Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville
2 MIVEGEC - Maladies infectieuses et vecteurs : écologie, génétique, évolution et contrôle
3 CNRS - UMR3569 - Virologie
4 Metabiota Inc. [San Francisco]
5 CHRU Montpellier - Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier]

Sapoviruses, which are members of the Caliciviridae family, are small nonenveloped viruses known to infect a large spectrum of mammalian hosts. We report here the first complete genome sequences of two genogroup I sapoviruses isolated from fecal samples from chimpanzees living in the Tchimpounga sanctuary, Republic of Congo.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Illich M. Mombo, Nicolas Berthet, Christiane Bouchier, Joseph N. Fair, Bradley S. Schneider, et al.. Characterization of a Genogroup I Sapovirus Isolated from Chimpanzees in the Republic of Congo. Genome Announcements, 2014, 2 (4), pp.e00680-14. ⟨10.1128/genomeA.00680-14⟩. ⟨pasteur-03516029⟩