title: A possible case of hantavirus infection in a Borneo orangutan and its conservation implication.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Natural infection of hantavirus in orangutans has never been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA), and RT-PCR were used to diagnosis a suspected case in a pet orangutan in southern Taiwan.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although the RT-PCR result was negative, the high IgG titer in the beginning and its dramatic drop after treatments suggested a recent Seoul-type hantavirus infection.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hantavirus transmission and its potential damage to wild orangutans should not be overlooked.
authors: Pingtung Rescue Center for Endangered Wild Animals, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan.
authors: C-C
authors: CC
authors: Chen
authors: K J-C
authors: KJ
authors: Pei
authors: C-M
authors: CM
authors: Yang
authors: M-D
authors: MD
authors: Kuo
authors: S-T
authors: ST
authors: Wong
authors: S-C
authors: SC
authors: Kuo
authors: F-G
authors: FG
authors: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D056727:Endangered Species; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D018778:Hantavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D057805:Pets; D011148:Pongo pygmaeus; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G