2010-11-05Zeitschriftenartikel
A novel adenovirus of Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Wevers, Diana; Leendertz, Fabian; Scuda, Nelly; Boesch, Christophe; Robbins, Martha; Head, Josephine; Ludwig, Carsten; Kühn, Joachim; Ehlers, Bernhard
Adenoviruses (AdV) broadly infect vertebrate hosts including a variety of primates. We identified a novel AdV in the feces of captive gorillas by isolation in cell culture, electron microscopy and PCR. From the supernatants ...