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
CameroonPanCamCar 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
GabonPanGabNte Pan troglodytes 1/160ind./−
PanGabNto Pan troglodytes 1/80ind./−+ troglodytes
PanGabBel Pan troglodytes 1/320ind./−+ troglodytes AF290601,AF346490
GorGabOmo Gorilla gorilla 1/160ind./−+ gorilla
GorGabCol Gorilla gorilla 1/40ind./− gorilla
CameroonGorCamNya Gorilla gorilla −/− gorilla
GorCamEla Gorilla gorilla −/− gorilla
GorCamEvi Gorilla gorilla −/− gorilla
FranceGorph682 Gorilla gorilla 1/80−/− gorilla

[i] 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.