August 24, 2015PLoS ONEOpen Access

First Detection of an Enterovirus C99 in a Captive Chimpanzee with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Congo

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1 captive chimpanzee with acute flaccid paralysis from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center…

Design

Case_report

Authors

IMIllich Manfred MomboInserm NBNicolás BerthetInstitut Pasteur ALAlexander N. LukashevSechenov University

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Implication

Documents WPV1 in a chimpanzee post-human outbreak; leaves open primate reservoir role for eradication.

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Population

1 captive chimpanzee with acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Congo

Intervention

Fecal specimen evaluation by PCR, sequencing, and next-generation sequencing (bacteriome and virome)

Outcome

Identification of the causative pathogen for acute flaccid paralysis

This study reports the first identification of a chimpanzee presenting with acute flaccid paralysis likely caused by human enterovirus C99, demonstrating cross-species transmission.

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Mombo et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a713e53439bab0cabc3816e https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136700

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First Detection of an Enterovirus C99 in a Captive Chimpanzee with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Congo

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First Detection of an Enterovirus C99 in a Captive Chimpanzee with Acute Flaccid Paralysis, from the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center, Republic of Congo

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