id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-329555-y3cp5wza Negrey, Jacob D. Simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory disease in wild chimpanzees caused by distinct viruses of human origin 2019-01-21 .txt text/plain 5310 223 37 Here we report simultaneous outbreaks of two distinct human respiratory viruses, human metapneumovirus (MPV; Pneumoviridae: Metapneumovirus) and human respirovirus 3 (HRV3; Paramyxoviridae; Respirovirus, formerly known as parainfluenza virus 3), in two chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) communities in the same forest in Uganda in December 2016 and January 2017. Here, we report simultaneous outbreaks of respiratory disease in two nearby chimpanzee communities in Uganda, caused by two distinct negative-sense RNA viruses of human origin. Human respirovirus 3 (HRV3; Paramyxoviridae; Respirovirus, formerly known as parainfluenza virus 3) was detected in 5 of 14 individuals (35.7%) from Kanyawara chimpanzees exhibiting clinical signs during, but not before, the outbreak period (Fisher's exact P = 0.0005). For example, HRV3 can cause upper respiratory disease and predispose chimpanzees to invasive pneumococcal infection [44] , and the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae co-occurs with human metapneumoviruses and respiratory syncytial viruses in both wild and in captive apes [9, 22] . ./cache/cord-329555-y3cp5wza.txt ./txt/cord-329555-y3cp5wza.txt