10.5061/DRYAD.BB8R6
Blasse, Anja
Robert Koch Institute
Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien
Robert Koch Institute
Merkel, Kevin
Robert Koch Institute
Goffe, Adeelia S.
Robert Koch Institute
Boesch, Christophe
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Mundry, Roger
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Leendertz, Fabian H.
Robert Koch Institute
Data from: Mother-offspring transmission and age-dependent accumulation of
simian foamy virus in wild chimpanzees
Dryad
dataset
2013
Pan troglodytes verus
vertical transmission
super-infection
chimpanzee
simian foamy virus
2013-05-20T18:23:17Z
2013-05-20T18:23:17Z
en
https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.02743-12
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Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) are thought to infect virtually any adult
non-human primate (NHP). While much data have accumulated about patterns
of co-divergence 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
(vertical) SFV transmission is common and hypothesize that it accounts for
a number of primary infections. We also show that multiple infections with
several chimpanzee specific SFV strains (i.e., super-infection) commonly
happen in adult chimpanzees, which might point at adult-specific
aggressive behaviors as a lifelong source of SFV infection. Our data give
evidence for complex SFV dynamics in wild chimpanzees, even at a single
community scale, and show that linking wild NHP social interactions and
their microorganisms’ dynamics is feasible.
Alignment of all clone sequences generated in the course of this
studyFASTA file comprising 915 SFV int sequences.complete_data_SFV.fasta
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