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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Encephalomyocarditis virus mortality in semi-wild bonobos (Pan panicus)
Journal of Medical Primatology, Volume 40, No. 3, Year 2011
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Background Fatal myocarditis from encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) infection has previously been identified in sporadic and epidemic forms in many species of captive non-human primates probably including one bonobo (Pan paniscus). Methods We investigated the deaths of two bonobos that were suspicious of EMCV using a combination of histopathology, immunohistochemistry and, for one of the two bonobos, reverse transcription PCR. Results Histopathological examination of heart tissue from the two bonobos showed changes characteristic of EMCV. Immunohistochemical studies confirmed the presence of EMCV antigen in heart tissue of both and in kidney and intestine of one of the bonobos. EMCV RNA was also isolated from the serum of the bonobo tested. Conclusion Together, these findings confirm that EMCV was responsible for deaths of the two bonobos. Strict separation of bonobos in particular and captive primates in general from potential sources of EMCV contamination should be maintained to prevent mortality caused by EMCV. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
Authors & Co-Authors
Jones, Peter
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
France, Maisons-alfort
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire D'alfort
Cordonnier, Nathalie
France, Maisons-alfort
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire D'alfort
Mahamba, C.
Unknown Affiliation
Burt, Felicity Jane
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State, School of Medicine
Rakotovao, F.
France, Maisons-alfort
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire D'alfort
Swanepoel, Robert
South Africa, Johannesburg
National Institute for Communicable Diseases
André, Claudine
Unknown Affiliation
Dauger, Stéphane
France, Paris
Hôpital Robert-debré Ap-hp
Bakkali-Kassimi, Labib
France, Maisons-alfort
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire D'alfort
Statistics
Citations: 22
Authors: 9
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1600-0684.2010.00464.x
ISSN:
00472565
e-ISSN:
16000684