Abstract
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot, and virus neutralization assays indicated that red colobus monkeys in Kibale National Park, western Uganda, had antibodies to a virus that was similar, but not identical, to known orthopoxviruses. The presence of a novel poxvirus in this endangered primate raises public health and conservation concerns.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Antibodies, Viral / blood*
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Blotting, Western
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Colobus / virology*
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Conservation of Natural Resources*
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
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Female
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Male
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Monkey Diseases / virology*
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Neutralization Tests
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Poxviridae / classification*
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Poxviridae / immunology
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Poxviridae Infections / veterinary*
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Poxviridae Infections / virology
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Public Health
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Uganda