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Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Zoo, Slovenia

We report a case of human metapneumovirus infection that spread from humans to chimpanzees and back to humans. Bronchopneumonia developed in 4 of 6 members of a chimpanzee family, and 2 subsequently died. The chimpanzees’ keeper also became ill. Sequencing showed 100% identity between virus sequence...

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Autores principales: Uršič, Tina, Lalek, Nika, Kvapil, Pavel, Kastelic, Marjan, Cociancich, Vasilij, Košnik, Irena G., Petrovec, Miroslav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32687031
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.200125