@article{4156e7061db84e43b8e7d462e8095353,
title = "A novel statovirus identified in fecal samples from wild geladas in the Ethiopian highlands",
abstract = "We present a novel statovirus in geladas (Theropithecus gelada), graminivorous primates endemic to the Ethiopian highlands. Using a high-throughput sequencing approach, we identified contiguous sequences in feces from two adult female geladas in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia, that share similarities to statoviruses. Our phylogenetic analysis of the whole genome, as well as the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) and capsid protein (CP) amino acid sequences, revealed that the gelada statoviruses cluster with those from other primates (laboratory populations of Macaca nemestrina and Macaca mulatta). As the first report of statovirus in wild primates, this finding contributes to our understanding of the phylogenetic and geographic distribution of statoviruses and their hosts.",
keywords = "Ethiopia, Geladas, Nonhuman primates, Statovirus, Theropithecus gelada",
author = "Schneider-Crease, {India A.} and Chiou, {Kenneth L.} and Moya, {Isabella L.} and Alemayehu Lemma and Ferewihot Ayele and Haile, {Abebaw Azanaw} and Fanuel Kebede and Belayneh Abebe and Bergman, {Thore J.} and Beehner, {Jacinta C.} and Amy Lu and Lund, {Michael C.} and Custer, {Joy M.} and Simona Kraberger and Noah Snyder-Mackler and Arvind Varsani",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, the Amhara National Regional Parks State Development and Protection Authority, and all park officials who have permitted and aided our research. We thank Esheti Jejaw, Ambay Fenta, and Setegne Girmay, as well as all past and present field crew of the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project, for their dedication to over sixteen years of data collection. Long-term gelada research was supported by the National Science Foundation (IOS-1255974, BCS-0715179, BCS-1723237, BCS-1723228), the National Institutes of Health (5R00AG051764-04), the Leakey Foundation, and the National Geographic Society (Gr. #8989-11, Gr. #8100-06). ISC acknowledges funding from the Arizona State University Center for Evolution and Medicine. Finally, we thank the reviewers and editors of this journal for their comments. Funding Information: We thank the Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, the Amhara National Regional Parks State Development and Protection Authority, and all park officials who have permitted and aided our research. We thank Esheti Jejaw, Ambay Fenta, and Setegne Girmay, as well as all past and present field crew of the Simien Mountains Gelada Research Project, for their dedication to over sixteen years of data collection. Long-term gelada research was supported by the National Science Foundation (IOS-1255974, BCS-0715179, BCS-1723237, BCS-1723228), the National Institutes of Health (5R00AG051764-04), the Leakey Foundation, and the National Geographic Society (Gr. #8989-11, Gr. #8100-06). ISC acknowledges funding from the Arizona State University Center for Evolution and Medicine. Finally, we thank the reviewers and editors of this journal for their comments. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1007/s00705-022-05588-3",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "167",
pages = "2709--2713",
journal = "Archives of virology",
issn = "0304-8608",
publisher = "Springer Wien",
number = "12",
}