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Journal of Virology, August 2003, p. 8584-8587, Vol. 77, No. 15
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.15.8584-8587.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Structural and Evolutionary Analysis of an Orangutan Foamy Virus

Ernst J. Verschoor,1* Susan Langenhuijzen,1 Saskia van den Engel,1 Henk Niphuis,1 Kristin S. Warren,2 and Jonathan L. Heeney1

Department of Virology, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands,1 Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Western Australia, Australia2

Received 3 March 2003/ Accepted 30 April 2003

The full-length proviral genome of a foamy virus infecting a Bornean orangutan was amplified, and its sequence was analyzed. Although the genome showed a clear resemblance to other published foamy virus genomes from apes and monkeys, phylogenetic analysis revealed that simian foamy virus SFVora was evolutionarily equidistant from foamy viruses from other hominoids and from those from Old World monkeys. This finding suggests an independent evolution within its host over a long period of time.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Department of Virology, P.O. Box 3306, 2280 GH Rijswijk, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-15-284-2592. Fax: 31-15-284-3986. E-mail: verschoor{at}bprc.nl.

Journal of Virology, August 2003, p. 8584-8587, Vol. 77, No. 15
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.77.15.8584-8587.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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