Limited susceptibility of rhesus macaques to a cowpox virus isolated from a lethal outbreak among New World monkeys

This study was undertaken to investigate the susceptibility of rhesus monkeys to the calpox virus, an orthopoxvirus (OPXV) of the <i>Cowpox virus</i> species (CPXV), which is uniformly lethal in common marmosets. Six rhesus monkeys were either intravenously (i.v.) or intranasally (i.n....

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Main Authors: K. Mätz-Rensing, C. Yue, J. Klenner, H. Ellerbrok, C. Stahl-Hennig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-09-01
Series:Primate Biology
Online Access:https://www.primate-biol.net/4/163/2017/pb-4-163-2017.pdf