| Literature DB >> 12368360 |
Jean-Pierre Vartanian1, Pascal Pineau, Michel Henry, William D Hamilton, Martin N Muller, Richard W Wrangham, Simon Wain-Hobson.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12368360 PMCID: PMC136620 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.21.11155-11158.2002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103