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. 2015 Sep 3;3(5):e00888-15.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00888-15.

Genome Sequence of a Central Chimpanzee-Associated Polyomavirus Related to BK and JC Polyomaviruses, Pan troglodytes troglodytes Polyomavirus 1

Nadège F Madinda  1 , Martha M Robbins  2 , Christophe Boesch  2 , Fabian H Leendertz  3 , Bernhard Ehlers  4 , Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer  3
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Genome Sequence of a Central Chimpanzee-Associated Polyomavirus Related to BK and JC Polyomaviruses, Pan troglodytes troglodytes Polyomavirus 1

Nadège F Madinda et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

We amplified and sequenced the genome of a polyomavirus infecting a central chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes). This virus, which is closely related to BK and JC polyomaviruses, may help shed a new light on these human pathogens' evolutionary history.

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