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SUBMITTER: Blasse A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3624305 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blasse Anja A Calvignac-Spencer Sébastien S Merkel Kevin K Goffe Adeelia S AS Boesch Christophe C Mundry Roger R Leendertz Fabian H FH
Journal of virology 20130228 9
Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) are thought to infect virtually any adult nonhuman primate (NHP). While many data have accumulated about patterns of codivergence with their hosts and cross-species transmission events, little is known about the modalities of SFV transmission within NHP species, especially in the wild. Here we provide a detailed investigation of the dynamics of SFV circulation in a wild community of Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). We demonstrate that mother-offspring (ver ...[more]