Back to the future: lethal respiratory pandemics in New Guinea
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DOI: 10.1111/imj.15651
Abstract: Lethal respiratory epidemics have torn through Papua New Guinea (PNG) since records began in the 19th century. Such historical epidemics were likely caused by influenza but often exacerbated by secondary bacterial pneumonias. Although PNG largely… read more here.
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Lethal Respiratory Disease Associated with Human Rhinovirus C in Wild Chimpanzees, Uganda, 2013
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DOI: 10.3201/eid2402.170778
Abstract: We describe a lethal respiratory outbreak among wild chimpanzees in Uganda in 2013 for which molecular and epidemiologic analyses implicate human rhinovirus C as the cause. Postmortem samples from an infant chimpanzee yielded near-complete genome… read more here.
Keywords: lethal respiratory; wild chimpanzees; uganda 2013; chimpanzees uganda ... See more keywords