title: Preliminary report: isolation of Ebola virus from monkeys imported to USA.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Disease Assessment Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD 21701.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jahrling
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Geisbert
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Dalgard
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Ksiazek
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral