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

• Published in: Veterinary Microbiology
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Non-human primates; haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome; hantavirus; rodent; bank vole; common vole; field vole; Tula; Matz; Common vole; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61408; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.07.018

ABSTRACT 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 non-human primate species l...