Species Association of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Non-Human Apes; Evidence for Recombination between Gorilla and Chimpanzee Variants

• Sinéad Lyons ,

  * E-mail: S.M.K.Lyons@sms.ed.ac.uk

  Affiliation Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• Colin Sharp,

  Affiliations Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

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• Matthew LeBreton,

  Affiliation Global Viral Forecasting, Stanford University, Program in Human Biology, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Cyrille F. Djoko,

  Affiliation Global Viral Forecasting, Stanford University, Program in Human Biology, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• John A. Kiyang,

  Affiliation Limbe Wildlife Centre, Limbe, Cameroon

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• Felix Lankester,

  Affiliation Limbe Wildlife Centre, Limbe, Cameroon

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• Tafon G. Bibila,

  Affiliation Ape Action Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon

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• Ubald Tamoufé,

  Affiliation Global Viral Forecasting, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Joseph Fair,

  Affiliation Global Viral Forecasting, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Nathan D. Wolfe,

  Affiliation Global Viral Forecasting, Stanford University, Program in Human Biology, Stanford, California, United States of America

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• Peter Simmonds

  Affiliation Centre for Immunology, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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