Update: nonhuman primate importation.
Beginning in November 1989, a number of cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) imported into the United States were found to have been infected with a previously unrecognized Ebola-like filovirus. This report summarizes findings of surveillance and serologic testing of nonhuman primates imported under special permits from June 1990 through September 1991.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003132:Commerce; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D011323:Primates; D011790:Quarantine; D014481:United States