Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Ape Diseases / transmission*
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Ape Diseases / virology
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Coxsackievirus Infections / transmission
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Coxsackievirus Infections / veterinary*
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Coxsackievirus Infections / virology
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Denmark / epidemiology
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Enterovirus B, Human / genetics
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Enterovirus B, Human / pathogenicity*
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Female
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Humans
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Myocarditis / veterinary*
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Myocarditis / virology
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Pan troglodytes / virology*
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Zoonoses*