Genome characterization of a simian foamy virus from a human bitten by an African green monkey

Anupama Shankar; James M Smith; William M Switzer

doi:10.1128/mra.00832-24

Genome characterization of a simian foamy virus from a human bitten by an African green monkey

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Dec 20:e0083224. doi: 10.1128/mra.00832-24. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Anupama Shankar¹, James M Smith¹, William M Switzer¹

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

PMID: 39701923
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00832-24

Abstract

We obtained the near-complete simian foamy virus (SFV) genome from an infected human bitten by an African green monkey (Chlorocebus aethiops; SFVcae_hu501). The genome is 13,062 nucleotides long with the classical SFV genome structure. Phylogenetically, SFVcae_hu501 clustered closely with SFV from Ch. aethiops (SFVagm_LK3).

Keywords: phylogeny; retroviruses; whole-genome sequencing; zoonoses; zoonotic infections.