Non-human primates in outdoor enclosures: Risk for infection with rodent-borne hantaviruses

• Published in: Veterinary Microbiology
• Main Authors: Mertens, Marc, Essbauer, S.S., Rang, A., Schröder, J., Splettstoesser, W.D., Kretzschmar, Christian, Krüger, D.H., Groschup, Martin H., Matz-Rensing, K., Ulrich, Rainer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: article; Text; ddc:630; Non-human primates; Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; Hantavirus; Rodent; Bank vole; Common vole; Field vole; Tula; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.07.018; https://www.openagrar.de/receive/fimport_mods_00000172; https://www.openagrar.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/Document_derivate_00003285/SD201111.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378113510003536

Different species of non-human primates have been exploited as animal disease models for human hantavirus infections. To study the potential risk of natural hantavirus infection of non-human primates, we investigated serum samples from non-human primates of three species living in outdoor enclosures...