Species association of hepatitis b virus (HBV) in non-human apes; evidence for recombination between gorilla and chimpanzee variants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lyons, Sinéad ^a   Sharp, Colin ^a,b   LeBreton, Matthew ^e   Djoko, Cyrille F ^e   Kiyang, John A ^c   Lankester, Felix ^c   Bibila, Tafon G ^f   Tamoufé, Ubald ^d   Fair, Joseph ^d   Wolfe, Nathan D ^e   Simmonds, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Limbe Wildlife Centre   (Cameroon)

^d Global Viral Forecasting   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ape Action Africa   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GORILLA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARAPHYLY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS RECOMBINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; GORILLA GORILLA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HYLOBATES PILEATUS; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; NOMASCUS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PLATYRRHINI; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; GORILLA GORILLA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858259453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033430     Document Type: Article

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