Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Wild Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda
Open Access
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 17 (4), 711-713
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1704.100883
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.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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