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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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Table

Serologic results for IgG against HMPV in chimpanzees and gorillas at the incident zoological facility, United States, 1994–2012*

Great ape Age at outbreak, y† Arrived at facility Year
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Chimpanzee troop 1
AM 18.3 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT N N‡ P NT P
AF1 24.6 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT N NT NT NT P
AF2 18.6 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT N NT NT P NT
AF3 15.2 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT NT N NT NT NT P
SAM1 9.2 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT N NT NT NT
SAM2 10.1 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT N NT N NT NT P NT
SAF 9.5 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT N NT NT P NT
Chimpanzee troop 2
AM 50.8 1959 NT NT P NT NT P NT P P NT NT P NT NT NT NT NT NT P
AF1 43.4 1965 NT P P NT NT P P P P NT P NT P NT P NT NT NT P
AF2 44.2 1971 P NT P NT NT P NT P P NT NT NT P NT P NT NT NT NT
AF3 28.6 1980 P NT P NT NT P P NT P NT NT NT P NT P P NT NT P
AF4 43.8 1970 P NT P NT NT NT P P P NT NT NT P P NT NT NT NT NT
Gorilla troop 1
AM 20.1 1998 NT NT NT NT N NT NT P NT NT NT P NT NT P NT P NT NT
AF1 31.2 1978 NT P P NT NT NT NT P NT NT NT NT P NT P NT NT NT NT
AF2 20.2 1989 NT NT NT NT N NT P NT NT NT NT NT P NT P P NT NT NT
AF3 12.8 1996 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT P NT NT NT NT P NT P P NT NT NT
JM 3.6 2005 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N NT NT P NT
Gorilla troop 2
AM 28.9 1980 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT P NT NT NT P NT P NT NT NT P
AF1 21.7 1987 NT NT N N NT N NT NT P NT NT P NT NT P NT NT NT P
AF2 18.5 1990 P NT NT P NT NT P NT P NT NT NT NT P P NT NT P NT
AF3 16.9 1992 NT N NT N N NT P NT P NT NT NT P NT P P NT NT NT
AF4 12.5 1996 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT P NT NT NT P NT P NT P NT NT NT
JM1 5.3 2004 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT N N NT N NT NT NT NT

*HPMV, human metapneumovirus; AM, adult male; NT, not tested (animal was not present at the facility; not born; died; or sampling was not performed that year); N, HMPV IgG seronegative; P, HPMV IgG HMPV seropositive; AF, adult female; SAM, subadult male; SAF, subadult female; JM, juvenile male. Gray shading indicates seroconversion or ≥4-fold increase in HMPV IgG titer, and black shading indicates death caused by HMPV.
†Day of symptom onset for HMPV outbreak was March 18, 2009.
‡Serum collected January 2009 and antibody negative.
§Serum collected postoutbreak on March 23 and no IgG against HMPV was detected.

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

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