Genomic analysis reveals near-complete simian foamy virus transmission in a monkey-bitten human, highlighting direct cross-species retroviral spillover.
We obtained the near-complete simian foamy virus (SFV) genome from an infected human bitten by an African green monkey ( Chlorocebus aethiops; SFVcae_hu501). The genome is 13,062 nucleotides long with the classical SFV genome structure. Phylogenetically, SFVcae_hu501 clustered closely with SFV from Ch. aethiops (SFVagm_LK3).
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