Volume 17, Number 4—April 2011
Dispatch
Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Wild Mountain Gorillas, Rwanda
Table
Results of microbiologic testing of mountain gorilla tissues, Rwanda*
Sample source and no. | Sample type | MassTag RNA panel results | HMPV viral load, genome copies/µL | MassTag DNA panel results | Bacterial load, genome copies/µL |
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Streptococcus pneumoniae | Klebsiella pneumoniae | |||||
Adult | ||||||
1 | Serum | HMPV | 2.7 × 103 | K. pneumoniae | ND | 3.2 × 107 |
2 | Buffy coat | Negative | ND | K. pneumoniae | ND | 4.4 × 108 |
3 | Kidney | Negative | ND | K. pneumoniae | ND | 6.2 × 108 |
4 | Lung | HMPV | 3.2 × 102 | S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae | 1.3 × 102 | 2.0 × 107 |
5 | Heart | Negative | ND | K. pneumoniae | ND | 1.4 × 107 |
6 | Spleen | Negative | ND | K. pneumoniae | ND | 9.1 × 105 |
7 | Liver | Negative | ND | K. pneumoniae | ND | 3.1 × 105 |
8 | Throat swab | HMPV | 6.2 × 105 | S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae | 5.5 × 104 | 1.4 × 105 |
9 | Nasal swab | HMPV | 2.3 × 105 | S. pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae | 4.3 × 104 | 2.4 × 106 |
10 | Vaginal swab | HMPV | 2.0 × 102 | K. pneumoniae | ND | 6.0 × 105 |
11 | Anal swab | HMPV | 4.0 × 102 | K. pneumoniae | ND | 5.5 × 102 |
12 | Purulent discharge | Negative | ND | K. pneumoniae | ND | 5.2 × 102 |
Infant | ||||||
18 | Spleen | Negative | ND | Negative | ND | ND |
19 | Lung | HMPV | <5.0 × 101 | Negative | ND | ND |
20 | Liver | Negative | ND | Negative | ND | ND |
21 | Kidney | Negative | ND | Negative | ND | ND |
*HMPV, human metapneumovirus; ND, not detected.