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Human metapneumovirus infection in wild mountain gorillas, Rwanda |
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| Authors: | 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 |
| Affiliation: | Author affiliations: Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (G. Palacios, A. Valeria Bussetti, N. Savji, W.I. Lipkin);;University of California, Davis, California, USA (L.J. Lowenstine, M.R. Cranfield, K.V.K. Gilardi);;Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Davis (L. Spelman, M. Lukasik-Braum, J.-F. Kinani);;Rwanda Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda (A. Mudakikwa, E. Nyirakaragire);;454 Life Sciences, Branford, Connecticut, USA (S. Hutchison, M. Egholm) |
| Abstract: | 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. |
| Keywords: | Viral disease respiratory tract diseases pneumonia human metapneumovirus gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei viruses Rwanda dispatch |
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