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Probable Transmission of Coxsackie B3 Virus from Human to Chimpanzee, Denmark

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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages 1163-1165

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CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.111689

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  1. Lundbeck Foundation [R52-A5062]
  2. Danish National Research Foundation
  3. Kornerup Foundation

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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.

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