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Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014
Dispatch

Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Chimpanzees, United States

Owen M. Slater1Comments to Author , Karen A. Terio, Yange Zhang, Dean D. Erdman, Eileen Schneider, Jane Kuypers, Steven M. Wolinsky, Kevin J. Kunstman, Jennifer Kunstman, Michael J. Kinsel, and Kathryn C. Gamble
Author affiliations: Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois, USA (O.M. Slater, K.C. Gamble); University of Illinois, Maywood, Illinois, USA (K.A. Terio, M.J. Kinsel); Battelle, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Zhang); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta (D.D. Erdman, E. Schneider); University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA (J.M. Kuypers); Northwestern University, Chicago (S.M. Wolinsky, K.J. Kunstman, J. Kunstman)

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Figure 2

A) Bronchiolar epithelium of chimpanzees infected with human metapneumovirus, United States, 2009, showing cell variation from attenuated to piled and disorganized. Epithelial cells lack cilia, and lumens contain foamy macrophages, neutrophils, and hemorrhage. Adjacent air spaces are filled with similar inflammatory cells. Scale bar = 70 μm. B) Alveoli lined with plump type II pneumocytes and fibrin. Inset: Rare, deeply basophilic, smudged nuclei are present in some areas. Scale bar = 20 μm. (He

Figure 2. A) Bronchiolar epithelium of chimpanzees infected with human metapneumovirus, United States, 2009, showing cell variation from attenuated to piled and disorganized. Epithelial cells lack cilia, and lumens contain foamy macrophages, neutrophils, and hemorrhage. Adjacent air spaces are filled with similar inflammatory cells. Scale bar = 70 μm. B) Alveoli lined with plump type II pneumocytes and fibrin. Inset: Rare, deeply basophilic, smudged nuclei are present in some areas. Scale bar = 20 μm. Hematoxylin and eosin stain.

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1Current affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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