A Novel γ2-Herpesvirus of the Rhadinovirus 2 Lineage in Chimpanzees

Table 1.

Epidemiological Data and Serological STLV-1/SIV and KSHV Results

Name Genus KSHV serology titer STLV-1/SIV serology PCR and specific hybridization Subspecies determination Accession nos.
PanRHV2 PanRHV1a PanRHV1b GorRHV1
Cameroon PanCamCar Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/− + vellerosus
PanCamChe Pan troglodytes 1/320 −/−
PanCamDja Pan troglodytes 1/40 −/+ + + troglodytes AF346488
PanCamEko Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/− + troglodytes
PanCamEpp Pan troglodytes −/−
PanCamEtr Pan troglodytes −/− + troglodytes AF346489
PanCamEtu Pan troglodytes −/−
PanCamEwa Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/− + vellerosus
PanCamJac Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/+ + vellerosus
PanCamJab Pan troglodytes 1/320 −/− + vellerosus
PanCamLou Pan troglodytes 1/160 −/−
PanCamMac Pan troglodytes 1/160 −/− + troglodytes
PanCamMay Pan troglodytes −/− + troglodytes
PanCamMok Pan troglodytes 1/160 −/−
PanCamMuc Pan troglodytes 1/160 −/− + vellerosus
PanCamPem Pan troglodytes 1/320 −/−
PanCamPol Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/−
PanCamSam Pan troglodytes 1/640 −/− + troglodytes
PanCamSek Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/− + troglodytes
PanCamSus Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/−
PanCamTal Pan troglodytes −/−
PanCamWan Pan troglodytes 1/80 −/− + vellerosus
Gabon PanGabNte Pan troglodytes 1/160 ind./−
PanGabNto Pan troglodytes 1/80 ind./− + troglodytes
PanGabBel Pan troglodytes 1/320 ind./− + troglodytes AF290601,AF346490
GorGabOmo Gorilla gorilla 1/160 ind./− + gorilla
GorGabCol Gorilla gorilla 1/40 ind./− gorilla
Cameroon GorCamNya Gorilla gorilla −/− gorilla
GorCamEla Gorilla gorilla −/− gorilla
GorCamEvi Gorilla gorilla −/− gorilla
France Gorph682 Gorilla gorilla 1/80 −/− gorilla
  • Epidemiological data include name, genus, and geographical origin. STLV-1 serology was determined by Immunofluorescence Assay (IFA) and Western blot, SIV serology by specific Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and Western blot confirmation, and KSHV serology by IFA assay at a dilution of 1/40. Distribution of the different novel herpesviruses, in the 31 chimpanzees and gorillas for which DNA was available, was determined by specific oligonucleotide probe hybridization on the VYGA-GDTD1B nPCR products (and on Pp2is-Ppas nPCR products for PanRHV2). Shaded boxes indicate viruses for which herpesviral DNA polymerase GenBank accession numbers are available.

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