Key result
Researchers isolate the first two complete genogroup I sapovirus genomes from Congo chimpanzees.
Why the study?
Sapoviruses infect a large spectrum of mammalian hosts, but complete genome sequences from chimpanzee isolates were not previously reported.
Population
Chimpanzees in the Tchimpounga sanctuary, Republic of Congo
Design
Genomic sequencing study
Authors
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Expands known sapovirus reservoirs to chimpanzees; leaves open zoonotic transmission and human relevance questions.
Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
Mombo et al. (2014) studied this question. The first complete genome sequences of two genogroup I sapoviruses were isolated from fecal samples of chimpanzees in the Republic of Congo.
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