Novel cytomegaloviruses in free-ranging and captive great apes: Phylogenetic evidence for bidirectional horizontal transmission

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2386-2394

  Leendertz, Fabian H ^a   Deckers, Merlin ^a   Schempp, Werner ^b   Lankester, Felix ^c   Boesch, Christophe ^d   Mugisha, Lawrence ^e   Dolan, Aidan ^f   Gatherer, Derek ^f   McGeoch, Duncan J ^f   Ehlers, Bernhard ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Limbe Wildlife Centre   (Cameroon)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Wildlife Conservation Trust CSWCT   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CG1; PROTEIN CG2; PROTEIN UL54; PROTEIN UL55; PROTEIN UL56; PROTEIN UL57; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MACACA FASCICULARIS CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONGO PYGMAEUS CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTHROPOIDEA; APE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 5; PAN; PLATYRRHINI; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; APE DISEASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PONGO PYGMAEUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 70350507126     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.011866-0     Document Type: Article

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