An endogenous foamy virus in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

J Virol. 2012 Jul;86(14):7696-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00650-12. Epub 2012 May 9.

Abstract

We report the discovery and analysis of an endogenous foamy virus (PSFVaye) within the genome of the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis), a strepsirrhine primate from Madagascar. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that PSFVaye is divergent from all known simian foamy viruses, suggesting an association between foamy viruses and primates since the haplorrhine-strepsirrhine split. The discovery of PSFVaye indicates that primate foamy virus might be more broadly distributed than previously thought.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Genes, pol
  • Genome
  • Madagascar
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Simian foamy virus / classification
  • Simian foamy virus / genetics*
  • Strepsirhini / genetics*
  • Strepsirhini / virology*