Pandemic Human Viruses Cause Decline of Endangered Great Apes

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 260-264

  Köndgen, Sophie ^a,b   Kühl, Hjalmar ^b   N'Goran, Paul K ^b,c   Walsh, Peter D ^b   Schenk, Svenja ^b,d   Ernst, Nancy ^a,b   Biek, Roman ^e   Formenty, Pierre ^f   Mätz Rensing, Kerstin ^g   Schweiger, Brunhilde ^a   Junglen, Sandra ^a,b   Ellerbrok, Heinz ^a   Nitsche, Andreas ^a   Briese, Thomas ^h   Lipkin, W Ian ^h   Pauli, Georg ^a   Boesch, Christophe ^b   Leendertz, Fabian H ^a,b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Institute of Biology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^h Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

EVO_ECOL; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; MORTALITY; PAN TROGLODYTES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COTE D'IVOIRE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMINIDAE; PAN; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 39249085794     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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