title: Human metapneumovirus infection in wild mountain gorillas, Rwanda.
abstract: The genetic relatedness of mountain gorillas and humans has led to concerns about interspecies transmission of infectious agents. Human-to-gorilla transmission may explain human metapneumovirus in 2 wild mountain gorillas that died during a respiratory disease outbreak in Rwanda in 2009. Surveillance is needed to ensure survival of these critically endangered animals.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infection and Immunity, Columbia University, Rm 1709, 722 W 168th St, New York, NY 10032, USA. gp2050@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Linda J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Lowenstine
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cranfield
authors.forename: Kirsten V K
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Gilardi
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spelman
authors.forename: Magda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lukasik-Braum
authors.forename: Jean Felix
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kinani
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mudakikwa
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nyirakaragire
authors.forename: Ana Valeria
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Bussetti
authors.forename: Nazir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Savji
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hutchison
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egholm
authors.forename: W Ian
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lipkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005260:Female; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D029121:Metapneumovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012432:Rwanda / Q000453:epidemiology; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral