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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 4(17), p. 711-713, 2011
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Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Wild Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda
Journal article published in 2011 by
Gustavo Palacios 
,
Linda J. Lowenstine,
Michael R. Cranfield,
Kirsten V. K. Gilardi,
Lucy Spelman,
Magda Lukasik-Braum,
Jean-Felix Kinani,
Antoine Mudakikwa,
Elisabeth Nyirakaragire,
Ana Valeria Bussetti,
Nazir Savji,
Stephen Hutchison,
Michael Egholm,
W. Ian Lipkin,
W. Ian Lipkin
,
Linda J. Lowenstine,
Michael R. Cranfield,
Kirsten V. K. Gilardi,
Lucy Spelman,
Magda Lukasik-Braum,
Jean-Felix Kinani,
Antoine Mudakikwa,
Elisabeth Nyirakaragire,
Ana Valeria Bussetti,
Nazir Savji,
Stephen Hutchison,
Michael Egholm,
W. Ian Lipkin,
W. Ian Lipkin
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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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.