Probable Transmission of Coxsackie B3 Virus from Human to Chimpanzee, Denmark

In 2010, a chimpanzee died at Copenhagen Zoo following an outbreak of respiratory disease among chimpanzees in the zoo. Identification of coxsackie B3 virus, a common human pathogen, as the causative agent, and its severe manifestation, raise questions about pathogenicity and transmissibility among...

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Autores principales: Nielsen, Sandra C. Abel, Mourier, Tobias, Baandrup, Ulrik, Søland, Tine Mangart, Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Nielsen, Lars Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22709557
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1807.111689
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Sumario:In 2010, a chimpanzee died at Copenhagen Zoo following an outbreak of respiratory disease among chimpanzees in the zoo. Identification of coxsackie B3 virus, a common human pathogen, as the causative agent, and its severe manifestation, raise questions about pathogenicity and transmissibility among humans and other primates.

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