Research group Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms RKI, Berlin, Germany; Primatology department, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany; Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Reseach Center for the Development and Teaching Hospital, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouake, Cote d׳Ivoire.
Virology. 2014 Jul;460-461:147-53. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.05.012. Epub 2014 Jun 2.
The existence and genetic make-up of most primate retroviruses was revealed by studies of bushmeat and fecal samples from unhabituated primate communities. For these, detailed data on intra- and within-species contact rates are generally missing, which makes identification of factors influencing transmission a challenging task. Here we present an assessment of 12 years of research on primate retroviruses in the Taï National Park area, Côte d'Ivoire. We discuss insights gained into the prevalence, within- and cross-species transmission of primate retroviruses (including towards local human populations) and the importance of virus-host interactions in determining cross-species transmission risk. Finally we discuss how retroviruses ecology and evolution may change in a shifting environment and identify avenues for future research.
大多数灵长类逆转录病毒的存在和遗传构成是通过对未驯化灵长类动物社区的丛林肉和粪便样本的研究揭示的。对于这些样本,通常缺乏关于种内和种内接触率的详细数据,这使得确定影响传播的因素成为一项具有挑战性的任务。在这里,我们评估了 12 年来在科特迪瓦泰国家公园地区对灵长类逆转录病毒的研究。我们讨论了在灵长类逆转录病毒的流行、种内和种间传播(包括对当地人群的传播)方面获得的认识,以及病毒-宿主相互作用在确定种间传播风险方面的重要性。最后,我们讨论了逆转录病毒的生态和进化如何在不断变化的环境中发生变化,并确定了未来研究的方向。