| Literature DB >> 36269418 |
India A Schneider-Crease1,2,3, Kenneth L Chiou4,5, Isabella L Moya4,5, Alemayehu Lemma6, Ferewihot Ayele6, Abebaw Azanaw Haile7, Fanuel Kebede7, Belayneh Abebe8, Thore J Bergman9,10, Jacinta C Beehner9,11, Amy Lu12, Michael C Lund5,13, Joy M Custer13, Simona Kraberger13, Noah Snyder-Mackler4,5, Arvind Varsani4,5,13,14.
Abstract
We present a novel statovirus in geladas (Theropithecus gelada), graminivorous primates endemic to the Ethiopian highlands. Using a high-throughput sequencing approach, we identified contiguous sequences in feces from two adult female geladas in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, that share similarities to statoviruses. Our phylogenetic analysis of the whole genome, as well as the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and capsid protein (CP) amino acid sequences, revealed that the gelada statoviruses cluster with those from other primates (laboratory populations of Macaca nemestrina and Macaca mulatta). As the first report of statovirus in wild primates, this finding contributes to our understanding of the phylogenetic and geographic distribution of statoviruses and their hosts.Entities:
Keywords: Ethiopia; Geladas; Nonhuman primates; Statovirus; Theropithecus gelada
Year: 2022 PMID： 36269418 DOI： 10.1007/s00705-022-05588-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Virol ISSN： 0304-8608 Impact factor: 2.685