Natural Norovirus Infections in Rhesus Macaques

Abstract

Using a recently developed real-time reverse transcription PCR, I retested 500 fecal samples from rhesus macaques collected in 2008. Previous conventional reverse transcription PCR testing identified 1 isolate of GII norovirus; retesting found GI, GII, and possible GIV noroviruses in the samples, indicating the natural circulation of noroviruses in nonhuman primate colonies.

Keywords

• enteric infections
• noroviruses
• Norwalk viruses
• primates
• rhesus macaques
• USA