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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Potential for ebola transmission between gorilla and chimpanzee social groups
American Naturalist, Volume 169, No. 5, Year 2007
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Over the past decade Ebola hemorrhagic fever has emerged repeatedly in Gabon and Congo, causing numerous human outbreaks and massive die-offs of gorillas and chimpanzees. Why Ebola has emerged so explosively remains poorly understood. Previous studies have tended to focus on exogenous factors such as habitat disturbance and climate change as drivers of Ebola emergence while downplaying the contribution of transmission between gorilla or chimpanzee social groups. Here we report recent observations on behaviors that pose a risk of transmission among gorilla groups and between gorillas and chimpanzees. These observations support a reassessment of ape-to-ape transmission as an amplifier of Ebola outbreaks. © 2007 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Walsh, Peter D.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Breuer, Thomas
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Sanz, Crickette M.
Germany, Leipzig
Max-planck-institut Für Evolutionäre Anthropologie
Morgan, David B.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
United States, Chicago
Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes
Doran-Sheehy, Diane M.
United States, Stony Brook
Stony Brook University
Statistics
Citations: 67
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/513494
ISSN:
00030147
Research Areas
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Congo
Gabon