| Title: |
Higher convergence of human-great ape enteric eukaryotic viromes in central African forest than in a European zoo: a One Health analysis. |
| Authors: |
Narat, Victor, Salmona, Maud, Kampo, Mamadou, Heyer, Thibaut, Rachik, Abdeljalil Senhaji, Mercier-Delarue, Severine, Ranger, Noémie, Rupp, Stephanie, Ambata, Philippe, Njouom, Richard, Simon, François, Le Goff, Jérôme, Giles-Vernick, Tamara |
| Source: |
Nature Communications; 6/21/2023, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p1-13, 13p |
| Subject Terms: |
GORILLA (Genus), HOMINIDS, APES, ZOOS, ANIMAL ecology, FIELD research |
| Geographic Terms: |
CAMEROON |
| Abstract: |
Human-animal pathogenic transmissions threaten both human and animal health, and the processes catalyzing zoonotic spillover and spillback are complex. Prior field studies offer partial insight into these processes but overlook animal ecologies and human perceptions and practices facilitating human-animal contact. Conducted in Cameroon and a European zoo, this integrative study elucidates these processes, incorporating metagenomic, historical, anthropological and great ape ecological analyses, and real-time evaluation of human-great ape contact types and frequencies. We find more enteric eukaryotic virome sharing between Cameroonian humans and great apes than in the zoo, virome convergence between Cameroonian humans and gorillas, and adenovirus and enterovirus taxa as most frequently shared between Cameroonian humans and great apes. Together with physical contact from hunting, meat handling and fecal exposure, overlapping human cultivation and gorilla pillaging in forest gardens help explain these findings. Our multidisciplinary study identifies environmental co-use as a complementary mechanism for viral sharing. Here, the authors conduct a multidisciplinary study of human-great ape viral sharing in Cameroon and a European zoo, finding that environmental co-use enables more enteric virome sharing, virome convergence, and adenovirus and enterovirus sharing between Cameroonian humans and apes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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