Research Article

Descriptive epidemiology of fatal respiratory outbreaks and detection of a human-related metapneumovirus in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Mahale Mountains National Park, Western Tanzania

  1. Taranjit Kaur1,†,*,
  2. Jatinder Singh1,
  3. Suxiang Tong2,
  4. Charles Humphrey3,
  5. Donna Clevenger1,
  6. Wendy Tan2,
  7. Brian Szekely1,
  8. Yuhuan Wang2,
  9. Yan Li2,
  10. Epaphras Alex Muse4,
  11. Mieko Kiyono5,
  12. Shunkichi Hanamura5,
  13. Eiji Inoue6,
  14. Michio Nakamura5,
  15. Michael A. Huffman7,
  16. Baoming Jiang2,
  17. Toshisada Nishida8

Article first published online: 11 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20565

Issue

American Journal of Primatology

American Journal of Primatology

Volume 70, Issue 8, pages 755–765, August 2008

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How to Cite

Kaur, T., Singh, J., Tong, S., Humphrey, C., Clevenger, D., Tan, W., Szekely, B., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Alex Muse, E., Kiyono, M., Hanamura, S., Inoue, E., Nakamura, M., Huffman, M. A., Jiang, B. and Nishida, T. (2008), Descriptive epidemiology of fatal respiratory outbreaks and detection of a human-related metapneumovirus in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Mahale Mountains National Park, Western Tanzania. Am. J. Primatol., 70: 755–765. doi: 10.1002/ajp.20565

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

  2. 2

    Gastroenteritis and Respiratory Viruses Laboratory Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

  3. 3

    Infectious Disease Pathology Branch, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia

  4. 4

    Ruaha National Park, Veterinary Unit, Iringa, Tanzania

  5. 5

    Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan

  6. 6

    Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

  7. 7

    Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan

  8. 8

    Japan Monkey Centre, Aichi, Japan

  1. †

    Mahale Mountains National Park, P.O. Box 1374, Kigoma, Tanzania.

*Virginia Tech (0493), Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, CRC XV, 1880 Pratt Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 11 JUN 2008

Funded by

  • National Science Foundation, USA
  • MEXT and Global Environment Research Fund, Japan. Grant Numbers: NSF 0238069, MEXT A1#16255007 and C#16770186
  • Global Environment Research Fund F061

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