Survey of Infections Transmissible Between Baboons and Humans, Cape Town, South Africa

Baboons on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula come in frequent contact with humans. To determine potential health risks for both species, we screened 27 baboons from 5 troops for 10 infections. Most (56%) baboons had antibodies reactive or cross-reactive to human viruses. Spatial overlap between these sp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Drewe, Julian A., O’Riain, M. Justin, Beamish, Esme, Currie, Hamish, Parsons, Sven
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22305300
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1802.111309
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Sumario:Baboons on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula come in frequent contact with humans. To determine potential health risks for both species, we screened 27 baboons from 5 troops for 10 infections. Most (56%) baboons had antibodies reactive or cross-reactive to human viruses. Spatial overlap between these species poses low but potential health risks.

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