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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Abel Nielsen, S. C., Mourier, T., Baandrup, U., Søland, T. M., Bertelsen, M. F., Gilbert, M. T. P., & Nielsen, L. P. (2012). Probable transmission of coxsackie B3 virus from human to chimpanzee, Denmark. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(7), 1163–1165. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1807.111689
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