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SUBMITTER: Marianneau P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3322034 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marianneau Philippe P Guillaume Vanessa V Wong Thong T Badmanathan Munisamy M Looi Ren Yih RY Murri Severine S Loth Philippe P Tordo Noel N Wild Fabian F Horvat Branka B Contamin Hugues H
Emerging infectious diseases 20100301 3
We infected squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) with Nipah virus to determine the monkeys' suitability for use as primate models in preclinical testing of preventive and therapeutic treatments. Infection of squirrel monkeys through intravenous injection was followed by high death rates associated with acute neurologic and respiratory illness and viral RNA and antigen production. ...[more]