Probable transmission of coxsackie B3 virus from human to chimpanzee, Denmark.
In 2010, a chimpanzee died at Copenhagen Zoo following an outbreak of respiratory disease among chimpanzees in the zoo. Identification of coxsackie B3 virus, a common human pathogen, as the causative agent, and its severe manifestation, raise questions about pathogenicity and transmissibility among humans and other primates.
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. s.abelnielsen@gmail.com
Sandra C Abel
SC
Nielsen
Tobias
T
Mourier
Ulrik
U
Baandrup
Tine Mangart
TM
Søland
Mads Frost
MF
Bertelsen
M Thomas P
MT
Gilbert
Lars Peter
LP
Nielsen
D000818:Animals; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000821:virology*; D015047:Zoonoses