Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Wild Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda

Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Wild Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda

The genetic relatedness of mountain gorillas and humans has led to concerns about interspecies transmission of infectious agents. Human-to-gorilla transmission may explain human metapneumovirus in 2 wild mountain gorillas that died during a respiratory disease outbreak in Rwanda in 2009. Surveillanc...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Palacios, Linda J. Lowenstine, Michael R. Cranfield, Kirsten V.K. Gilardi, Lucy Spelman, Magda Lukasik-Braum, Jean-Felix Kinani, Antoine Mudakikwa, Elisabeth Nyirakaragire, Ana Valeria Bussetti, Nazir Savji, Stephen Hutchison, Michael Egholm, W. Ian Lipkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-04-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Viral disease
respiratory tract diseases
pneumonia
human metapneumovirus
gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-0883_article

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