First Detection of an Enterovirus C99 in a Captive Chimpanzee with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Congo.

First Detection of an Enterovirus C99 in a Captive Chimpanzee with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Congo.

Enteroviruses, members of the Picornaviridae family, are ubiquitous viruses responsible for mild to severe infections in human populations around the world. In 2010 Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo recorded an outbreak of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the humans, caused by wild poliovirus type 1 (...

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Main Authors: Illich Manfred Mombo, Nicolas Berthet, Alexander N Lukashev, Tobias Bleicker, Sebastian Brünink, Lucas Léger, Rebeca Atencia, Debby Cox, Christiane Bouchier, Patrick Durand, Céline Arnathau, Lionel Brazier, Joseph N Fair, Bradley S Schneider, Jan Felix Drexler, Franck Prugnolle, Christian Drosten, François Renaud, Eric M Leroy, Virginie Rougeron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4547728?pdf=render

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