A novel statovirus identified in fecal samples from wild geladas in the Ethiopian highlands

India A. Schneider-Crease; Kenneth L. Chiou; Isabella L. Moya; Alemayehu Lemma; Ferewihot Ayele; Abebaw Azanaw Haile; Fanuel Kebede; Belayneh Abebe; Thore J. Bergman; Jacinta C. Beehner; Amy Lu; Michael C. Lund; Joy M. Custer; Simona Kraberger; Noah Snyder-Mackler; Arvind Varsani

doi:10.1007/s00705-022-05588-3

A novel statovirus identified in fecal samples from wild geladas in the Ethiopian highlands

India A. Schneider-Crease, Kenneth L. Chiou, Isabella L. Moya, Alemayehu Lemma, Ferewihot Ayele, Abebaw Azanaw Haile, Fanuel Kebede, Belayneh Abebe, Thore J. Bergman, Jacinta C. Beehner, Amy Lu, Michael C. Lund, Joy M. Custer, Simona Kraberger, Noah Snyder-Mackler, Arvind Varsani

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2709-2713
Number of pages	5
Journal	Archives of virology
Volume	167
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05588-3
State	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

Ethiopia
Geladas
Nonhuman primates
Statovirus
Theropithecus gelada

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Virology

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Schneider-Crease, I. A., Chiou, K. L., Moya, I. L., Lemma, A., Ayele, F., Haile, A. A., Kebede, F., Abebe, B., Bergman, T. J., Beehner, J. C., Lu, A., Lund, M. C., Custer, J. M., Kraberger, S., Snyder-Mackler, N., & Varsani, A. (2022). A novel statovirus identified in fecal samples from wild geladas in the Ethiopian highlands. Archives of virology, 167(12), 2709-2713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05588-3

Schneider-Crease, IA, Chiou, KL, Moya, IL, Lemma, A, Ayele, F, Haile, AA, Kebede, F, Abebe, B, Bergman, TJ, Beehner, JC, Lu, A, Lund, MC, Custer, JM, Kraberger, S, Snyder-Mackler, N & Varsani, A 2022, 'A novel statovirus identified in fecal samples from wild geladas in the Ethiopian highlands', Archives of virology, vol. 167, no. 12, pp. 2709-2713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05588-3

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