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February 24, 2011Journal of VirologyOpen Access

Detection and Genetic Characterization of Enteroviruses Circulating among Wild Populations of Chimpanzees in Cameroon: Relationship with Human and Simian Enteroviruses

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Population

27 chimpanzee and 27 gorilla fecal samples collected from wild-living apes at 10 forest sites in southern…

Design

Preclinical

Authors

HHHeli HarvalaUniversity of CopenhagenCSColin SharpRoslin InstituteENEitel Mpoudi NgoleInstitut de Recherches Médicales et d’Etudes des Plantes Médicinales

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Implication

Suggests enterovirus cross-species transmission among primates; extends viral ecology data but leaves open zoonotic implications.

Structured PICO

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Population
27 chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) and 27 gorilla (Western lowland gorilla; Gorilla gorilla gorilla) fecal samples collected from wild-living apes at 10 forest sites in southern Cameroon
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Intervention
Screening for enteroviruses (EVs) using PCR and genetic characterization
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Outcome
Occurrence, frequency, and genetic diversity of enteroviruses infecting apes

The identification of enteroviruses infecting wild chimpanzees that are related to those circulating in human and Old World monkey populations provides evidence for cross-species transmission of enteroviruses between primates.

Limitations

  • limited by survey sample numbers

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Harvala et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8a4e56439f8b7e0143485ehttps://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.02285-10
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