Does Confirmed Pathogen Transfer between Sanctuary Workers and Great Apes Mean that Reintroduction Should not Occur?: Commentary on "Drug-resistant human Staphylococcus aureus findings in sanctuary apes and its threat to wild ape populations" Unwin et al. Staphylococcus Aureus and Primate Reintro

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1076-1083

  Unwin, Steve ^a   Robinson, Ian ^b   Schmidt, Vanessa ^c   Colin, Chris ^d   Ford, Lisa ^e   Humle, Tatyana ^f  

^a CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre de Conservation pour Chimpanzés   (Guinea)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commentary; Reintroduction; Risk analysis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PAN TROGLODYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PAN TROGLODYTES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84869885136     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22069     Document Type: Note

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