Adenoviruses in fecal samples from asymptomatic rhesus macaques, United States.
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SUBMITTER: Roy S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3376797 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
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Adenoviruses in fecal samples from asymptomatic rhesus macaques, United States.
Roy Soumitra S Sandhu Arbansjit A Medina Angelica A Clawson David S DS Wilson James M JM
Emerging infectious diseases 20120701 7
Adenoviruses can cause infectious diarrheal disease or respiratory infections in humans; 2 recent reports have indicated probable human infection with simian adenoviruses (SAdVs). To assess the possibility of animal-to-human transmission of SAdVs, we tested fecal samples from asymptomatic rhesus macaques housed in 5 primate facilities in the United States and cultured 23 SAdV isolates. Of these, 9 were purified and completely sequenced; 3 SAdV samples from the American Type Culture Collection (S ...[more]
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