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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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2011-04, Vol.17 (4), p.711-713
Hauptverfasser: Palacios, Gustavo, Lowenstine, Linda J, Cranfield, Michael R, Gilardi, Kirsten V K, Spelman, Lucy, Lukasik-Braum, Magda, Kinani, Jean Felix, Mudakikwa, Antoine, Nyirakaragire, Elisabeth, Bussetti, Ana Valeria, Savji, Nazir, Hutchison, Stephen, Egholm, Michael, Lipkin, W Ian
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Ape Diseases - epidemiology
Ape Diseases - mortality
Ape Diseases - transmission
Bayes Theorem
Development and progression
Disease transmission
Dispatch
Epidemics
Female
gorilla
Gorilla beringei beringei
Gorilla gorilla - virology
Health aspects
human metapneumovirus
Humans
Male
Metapneumovirus - genetics
Metapneumovirus - physiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Paramyxoviridae Infections - epidemiology
Paramyxoviridae Infections - mortality
Paramyxoviridae Infections - transmission
Paramyxoviridae Infections - veterinary
pneumonia
Respiratory tract diseases
RNA, Viral - genetics
Rwanda
Rwanda - epidemiology
Sequence Analysis
Viral disease
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Zusammenfassung: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. Surveillance is needed to ensure survival of these critically endangered animals.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid1704.100883