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Hepatitis in African Monkeys

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INFECTIOUS hepatitis is thought to be caused by a virus which is transmissible to man1–4 but not to monkeys or other laboratory animals5–9.

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BEARCROFT, W. Hepatitis in African Monkeys. Nature 197, 806–807 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197806a0

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