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KSHV-like herpesviruses in chimps and gorillas

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  • Vincent Lacoste

    (Institut Pasteur)

  • Philippe Mauclre

    (Institut Pasteur
    Centre Pasteur du Cameroun)

  • Guy Dubreuil

    (Centre International de Recherches Médicales)

  • John Lewis

    (International Zoo Veterinary group)

  • Marie-Claude Georges-Courbot

    (Centre International de Recherches Médicales)

  • Antoine Gessain

    (Institut Pasteur)

Abstract

Among the herpesviruses1, KSHV (Kaposi's-sarcoma-associated herpesvirus) is the human prototype of the rhadinovirus genus2. Rhadinoviruses (or γ2-herpesviruses) are found in several animal species, including New and Old World monkeys, but not in the great apes3,4,5. Here we describe the detection and sequencing of a polymerase gene fragment from three new rhadinoviruses discovered in chimpanzees and in a gorilla, which are more closely related to KSHV than to any other virus of this genus described so far. Our results indicate that the great apes from central Africa could provide a reservoir of new γ2-herpesviruses that are potentially transmissible to humans.

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  • Vincent Lacoste & Philippe Mauclre & Guy Dubreuil & John Lewis & Marie-Claude Georges-Courbot & Antoine Gessain, 2000. "KSHV-like herpesviruses in chimps and gorillas," Nature, Nature, vol. 407(6801), pages 151-152, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:407:y:2000:i:6801:d:10.1038_35025145
    DOI: 10.1038/35025145
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