Wild great ape health and disease: threats and challenges in human-dominated landscapes Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Fabian Leendertz, Klara Petrzelkova, Martine Peeters, Nikki Tagg
Incidence of zoonotic diseases in great apes has great relevance both for the preservation of wild great apes, and the risks are increasing as vulnerability to disease transmission between great apes and humans is heightened through increased human encroachment into ape territory, changing land use patterns, habitat destruction and poaching. Isolated and vulnerable wild great ape populations living in close proximity to humans, and particularly ...