TY - JOUR AU - Goldberg, Tony L. AU - Chapman, Colin A. AU - Cameron, Kenneth AU - Saj, Tania AU - Karesh, William B. AU - Wolfe, Nathan D. AU - Wong, Scott W. AU - Dubois, Melissa E. AU - Slifka, Mark K. T1 - Serologic Evidence for Novel Poxvirus in Endangered Red Colobus Monkeys, Western Uganda T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 5 SP - 801 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot, and virus neutralization assays indicated that red colobus monkeys in Kibale National Park, western Uganda, had antibodies to a virus that was similar, but not identical, to known orthopoxviruses. The presence of a novel poxvirus in this endangered primate raises public health and conservation concerns. KW - Poxviridae KW - Orthopoxvirus KW - monkeypox KW - tanapox KW - Africa KW - Uganda KW - primates KW - colobus KW - serology KW - dispatch KW - mpox DO - 10.3201/eid1405.071686 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/5/07-1686_article ER - End of Reference