Experimental infection of squirrel monkeys with nipah virus

• Main Authors: Marianneau, P., Guillaume, V., Wong, K.T., Badmanathan, M., Looi, R.Y., Murri, S., Loth, P., Tordo, N., Wild, T.F., Horvat, B., Contamin, H.
• Format: Article
• Published: Centers Disease Control 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/15128/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

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 infection was followed by high death rates associat...