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23 - Acute infectious diseases occurring in the Taï chimpanzee population: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2019

By
Livia Victoria Patrono  and
Fabian Leendertz
Edited by
Christophe Boesch  and
Roman Wittig
Edited in association with
Catherine Crockford ,
Linda Vigilant ,
Tobias Deschner  and
Fabian Leendertz
Christophe Boesch
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany
Roman Wittig
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany
Catherine Crockford
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany
Linda Vigilant
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany
Tobias Deschner
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Germany
Fabian Leendertz
Affiliation:
Robert Koch-Institut, Germany
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Summary

Infectious diseases are a worrisome threat to endangered great apes. Among the Taï chimpanzee communities, both naturally occurring and human-introduced diseases have been responsible for population declines in the past 40 years. The establishment of a long-term health monitoring programme as an integral part of the habituation project has allowed for unprecedented insights on such happenings. Mortality events took place both in an extremely rapid manner, as observed during Ebola and human pneumovirus outbreaks, or in a long but persistent fashion, as observed with sylvatic anthrax. The evidence gathered provides information on which diseases are naturally circulating in this rainforest and lays the groundwork for the development of One Health strategies to improve both great ape and human health.

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Infectious diseasesOutbreak investigationHealth monitoringSurveillanceHygienePrevention
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The Chimpanzees of the Taï Forest
40 Years of Research
 , pp. 385 - 393
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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