Common human viruses threaten endangered great apes
...ilable tissue samples taken from chimps who had died tested positive for one of two paramyxoviruses: human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) or human metapneumovirus (HMPV), the researchers report. HRSV and HMPV are common causes of respiratory disease in humans and are the leading causes of lower respiratory disea...Metapneumovirus - a common cause of adults' colds, kids' illness
...fants," say doctors. Research suggests that the metapneumovirus is second only to respiratory syncytial virus as a...t cause many colds, the body does not remember the metapneumovirus clearly and so contracts it over and over, even th...onia or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The metapneumovirus was found in 2 percent, which was the same as infl...