TY - JOUR AU - Uršič, Tina AU - Lalek, Nika AU - Kvapil, Pavel AU - Kastelic, Marjan AU - Cociancich, Vasilij AU - Košnik, Irena AU - Petrovec, Miroslav T1 - Outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus Infection in Zoo, Slovenia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 8 SP - 1949 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a case of human metapneumovirus infection that spread from humans to chimpanzees and back to humans. Bronchopneumonia developed in 4 of 6 members of a chimpanzee family, and 2 subsequently died. The chimpanzees’ keeper also became ill. Sequencing showed 100% identity between virus sequences from chimpanzees and the keeper. KW - metapneumovirus KW - viruses KW - infection KW - bronchopneumonia KW - outbreak KW - humans KW - chimpanzees KW - zoo KW - Slovenia KW - keeper KW - respiratory infections DO - 10.3201/eid2608.200125 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-0125_article ER - End of Reference