The genetic relatedness of mountain gorillas and humans has led to concerns about
interspecies transmission of infectious agents. Human-to-gorilla transmission may explain …

Over the past several years, acute and fatal respiratory illnesses have occurred in the
habituated group of wild chimpanzees at the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania …

Respiratory viruses of human origin infect wild apes across Africa, sometimes lethally. Here
we report simultaneous outbreaks of two distinct human respiratory viruses, human …

Respiratory illness (RI) accounts for a large proportion of mortalities in mountain gorillas
(Gorilla beringei beringei), and fatal outbreaks, including disease caused by human …

Pneumoviruses have been identified as causative agents in several respiratory disease
outbreaks in habituated wild great apes. Based on phylogenetic evidence, transmission from …

We examined 10,025 respiratory samples collected for 4 years (2001–2004) and found a
7.1% average annual incidence of human metapneumovirus. The epidemic peak of infection …

Respiratory tract infections due to human metapneumovirus (hMPV) have been reported
worldwide, with the exception of Africa. The prevalence of hMPV infection was studied …

To diagnose respiratory disease among wild great apes, there is a need for noninvasive
diagnostic methods. Therefore, we analyzed fecal samples from habituated chimpanzees …

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a recently identified Paramyxovirus first isolated from
hospitalized children with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI). We sought evidence of …

We analyzed 64 human metapneumovirus strains from eight countries. Phylogenetic
analysis identified two groups (A and B, amino acid identity 93%–96%) and four subgroups …