Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Mammal Species Identified as MPXV Hosts
2.2. Occurrence Records of Selected Mammal Species
2.3. Occurrence Records of MPXV Cases
2.4. Ecological Niche Modelling
3. Results
3.1. Ecological Niche of MPXV
3.2. Ecological Niches of Mammal Species and Overlap with the MPXV Niche
4. Discussion
4.1. Ecological Niche of MPXV Fragmented into Three Rainforests
4.2. Which Mammal Species Are the Most Probable Reservoir Hosts?
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Order | Family | Genus | Virus Isolation | MPXV Fragment Amplified by PCR (Sequenced in Bold) | Anti-OPXV Antibodies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eulipotyphla | Erinaceidae | Atelerix | Atelerix spp. [55] | Atelerix spp. [55] | |
Eulipotyphla | Soricidae | Crocidura | C. littoralis [41] | ||
Macroscelidea | Macroscelididae | Petrodromus | P. tetradactylus [54,57] | ||
Primates | Cercopithecidae | Allenopithecus | A. nigroviridis [52] | ||
Primates | Cercopithecidae | Cercocebus | C. atys [39] | C. atys [39] | C. galeritus [52] |
Primates | Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecus | C. ascanius [38,51,52,53] C. mona [52] C. nictitans [52] C. petaurista [49,50] C. pogonias [38,51,52] | ||
Primates | Cercopithecidae | Chlorocebus | C. aethiops * [49] | ||
Primates | Cercopithecidae | Piliocolobus | P. badius * [50] P. pennanti * [52] | ||
Primates | Hominidae | Pan | P. troglodytes [40] | ||
Primates | Lorisidae | Perodicticus | P. potto [52] | ||
Rodentia | Dipodidae | Jaculus | Jaculus spp. [55] | ||
Rodentia | Gliridae | Graphiurus | G. lorraineus [55] Graphiurus spp. [55,56] | G. lorraineus [57] Graphiurus spp. [55,56] | |
Rodentia | Muridae | Malacomys | M. longipes (MT724769) | ||
Rodentia | Muridae | Oenomys | O. hypoxanthus [57] | ||
Rodentia | Muridae | Stochomys | S. longicaudatus [41] | ||
Rodentia | Nesomyidae | Cricetomys | Cricetomys sp. [41] Cricetomys spp. [55,56] | C. emini [54,57] Cricetomys spp. [55,56] | |
Rodentia | Sciuridae | Funisciurus | F. anerythrus [37] | F. anerythrus [37,41,55,56,58] F. bayonii [41] F. carruthersi [58] F. congicus [58] F. lemniscatus [58] F. pyrropus [58] Funisciurus. spp. [55,56] | F. anerythrus [38,51,52,54] F. isabella [52] F. lemniscatus [52] Funisciurus spp. [52,53,56,57,59] |
Rodentia | Sciuridae | Heliosciurus | H. rufobrachium [51,52,53,54] H. gambianus [52,56] Heliosciurus spp. [39,53,57] | ||
Rodentia | Sciuridae | Xerus | Xerus sp. [56] |
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Curaudeau, M.; Besombes, C.; Nakouné, E.; Fontanet, A.; Gessain, A.; Hassanin, A. Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons. Viruses 2023, 15, 727. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030727
Curaudeau M, Besombes C, Nakouné E, Fontanet A, Gessain A, Hassanin A. Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons. Viruses. 2023; 15(3):727. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030727
Chicago/Turabian StyleCuraudeau, Manon, Camille Besombes, Emmanuel Nakouné, Arnaud Fontanet, Antoine Gessain, and Alexandre Hassanin. 2023. "Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons" Viruses 15, no. 3: 727. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030727
APA StyleCuraudeau, M., Besombes, C., Nakouné, E., Fontanet, A., Gessain, A., & Hassanin, A. (2023). Identifying the Most Probable Mammal Reservoir Hosts for Monkeypox Virus Based on Ecological Niche Comparisons. Viruses, 15(3), 727. https://doi.org/10.3390/v15030727