Preliminary report: isolation of Ebola virus from monkeys imported to USA.
An epizootic caused by an Ebola-related filovirus and by simian haemorrhagic fever virus began among cynomolgus monkeys in a US quarantine facility after introduction of monkeys from the Philippines. This incident, the first in which a filovirus has been isolated from non-human primates without deliberate infection, raises the possibility that cynomolgus monkeys could be a reservoir of Ebola virus infection.
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Disease Assessment Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21701.
Geisbert
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Dalgard
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Johnson
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Ksiazek
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Hall
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003132:Commerce; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006482:Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010679:Philippines; D012209:Rhabdoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral