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Article: Update: filovirus infections among persons with occupational exposure to nonhuman primates.
- Article from:
- MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Article date:
- April 27, 1990
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Update: Filovirus Infections Among Persons with Occupational Exposure to Nonhuman Primates
Since November 1989, evidence of active filovirus infection has been detected in cynomolgus (Macaca fascicularis) monkeys imported from the Philippines to quarantine facilities in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Texas (1-3). CDC has used an indirect immunoflourescent antibody assay (IFA) to examine approximately 2200 serum specimens from nonhuman primates (cynomolgus, rhesus, and African green monkeys) obtained from a variety of settings (including the quarantine facilities in which filovirus transmission has been documented). Approximately 10% of these specimens have been ...