Fatal inflammatory heart disease in a bonobo (Pan paniscus).
We report the first probable identification of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) in a bonobo (Pan paniscus) that had been part of a forest re-introduction programme. Clinical presentation was of episodic acute on chronic heart failure and cerebral infarction with end-stage renal failure rather than sudden death which is more commonly associated with EMCV infection. A postmortem diagnosis of probable EMCV was made using gross pathological and histopathological examination. Findings included acute on chronic heart failure combined with the unusual but characteristic histopathological features of non-suppurative necrotizing myocarditis with mononuclear, inflammatory infiltration of the brain.
Jones
Peter
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SMUR, l'Hôpital Robert Debré, 48 Boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France. petejones@caramail.com
Mahamba
Crispin
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Rest
Joan
J
André
Claudine
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D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D018188:Cardiovirus Infections / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003223:Congo; D004686:Encephalomyocarditis virus; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006652:Histological Techniques; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D019974:Pan paniscus