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ArticleScientific reports2024

Screening great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses.

Michelle Hämmerle, Meriam Guellil, Lovro Trgovec-Greif, Olivia Cheronet, Susanna Sawyer, Irune Ruiz-Gartzia, Esther Lizano, Aigerim Rymbekova, Pere Gelabert, Paolo Bernardi and 8 more

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Michelle HämmerleDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Meriam GuellilDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Lovro Trgovec-GreifCentre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Olivia CheronetDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Susanna SawyerDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Irune Ruiz-GartziaDepartament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Carrer del Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Esther LizanoDepartament de Medicina i Ciències de la Vida, Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Carrer del Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
Aigerim RymbekovaDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Pere GelabertDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Paolo BernardiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Sojung HanDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas RatteiCentre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Verena J SchuenemannDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Tomas Marques-BonetInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Pg. Luís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
Katerina GuschanskiInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Sebastien Calvignac-SpencerHelmholtz Institute for One Health, Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 17489, Greifswald, Germany.
Ron PinhasiDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
Martin KuhlwilmDepartment of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Djerassiplatz 1, 1030, Vienna, Austria. martin.kuhlwilm@univie.ac.at.

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 864203Vetenskapsådet (Swedish Research Council) 2020-03398Vienna Science and Technology Fund (Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds) 10.47379/VRG20001
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Abstract

Natural history museum collections harbour a record of wild species from the past centuries, providing a unique opportunity to study animals as well as their infectious agents. Thousands of great ape specimens are kept in these collections, and could become an important resource for studying the evolution of DNA viruses. Their genetic material is likely to be preserved in dry museum specimens, as reported previously for monkeypox virus genomes from historical orangutan specimens. Here, we screened 209 great ape museum specimens for 99 different DNA viruses, using hybridization capture coupled with short-read high-throughput sequencing. We determined the presence of multiple viruses within this dataset from historical specimens and obtained several near-complete viral genomes. In particular, we report high-coverage (> 18-fold) hepatitis B virus genomes from one gorilla and two chimpanzee individuals, which are phylogenetically placed within clades infecting the respective host species.

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DNA VirusesGenome, ViralMuseumsPhylogenyAnimalsDNA, ViralHepatitis B virusHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHominidaePan troglodytesDNA, ViralGreat apesHepatitis B virusMuseomicsTarget-enrichment captureViruses

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