B-Virus and Free-Ranging Macaques, Puerto Rico

In Puerto Rico, risk for transmission of B-virus from free-ranging rhesus monkeys to humans has become a serious challenge. An incident with an injured rhesus monkey, seropositive for B-virus, resulted in inappropriate administration of antiviral postexposure prophylaxis. This incident underscores t...

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Autores principales: Jensen, Kristen, Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco, González-Martínez, Janis, Kraiselburd, Edmundo, Rullán, Johnny
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15109420
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.030257
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author Jensen, Kristen
Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco
González-Martínez, Janis
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Rullán, Johnny
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description In Puerto Rico, risk for transmission of B-virus from free-ranging rhesus monkeys to humans has become a serious challenge. An incident with an injured rhesus monkey, seropositive for B-virus, resulted in inappropriate administration of antiviral postexposure prophylaxis. This incident underscores the importance of education about risks associated with interactions between humans and nonhuman primates.
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spelling pubmed-33228062012-04-16 B-Virus and Free-Ranging Macaques, Puerto Rico Jensen, Kristen Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco González-Martínez, Janis Kraiselburd, Edmundo Rullán, Johnny Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In Puerto Rico, risk for transmission of B-virus from free-ranging rhesus monkeys to humans has become a serious challenge. An incident with an injured rhesus monkey, seropositive for B-virus, resulted in inappropriate administration of antiviral postexposure prophylaxis. This incident underscores the importance of education about risks associated with interactions between humans and nonhuman primates. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3322806/ /pubmed/15109420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1003.030257 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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