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Identification of Significant Genomic Changes and Compartmentalization of Simian Foamy Virus in a Human Zoonotically Infected by a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes).
Viruses - 20 Feb 2026
Zheng Haoqiang, Shankar Anupama, Osis Gunars, Burgin Alex, Sheth Mili, Kiani Kaveh G, Duong Yen T, Cowan David, Switzer William M
Abstract excerpt
Despite increasing reports of zoonotic simian foamy virus (SFV) infections globally, knowledge of its genetic adaptation in humans and impact on viral transmission and pathogenicity remains limited. We obtained complete SFV genomes using metagenomics analysis of viral isolates from peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) and throat specimens from a worker (Case 6) and source chimpanzee (B1) that bit him. We analyzed...
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