Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters
- N. Wolfe, W. Heneine, W. Switzer
- Biology, MedicineProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 23 May 2005
The findings indicate that cross-species transmission is not the rate-limiting step in pandemic retrovirus emergence and suggest that it may be possible to predict and prevent disease emergence by surveillance of populations exposed to animal reservoirs and interventions to decrease risk factors, such as primate hunting.
The origin of malignant malaria
- S. Rich, F. Leendertz, N. Wolfe
- BiologyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1 September 2009
Phylogenetic analysis indicates that all extant P. falciparum populations originated from P. reichenowi, likely by a single host transfer, which may have occurred as early as 2–3 million years ago, or as recently as 10,000 years ago.
The global distribution of tetrapods reveals a need for targeted reptile conservation
- U. Roll, A. Feldman, Shai Meiri
- Environmental ScienceNature Ecology & Evolution
- 9 October 2017
It is shown that additional conservation actions are needed to effectively protect reptiles, particularly lizards and turtles, and that adding reptile knowledge to a global complementarity conservation priority scheme identifies many locations that consequently become important.
African origin of the malaria parasite Plasmodium vivax
- Weimin Liu, Yingying Li, P. Sharp
- BiologyNature Communications
- 21 February 2014
It is shown, using a non-invasive approach, that wild chimpanzees and gorillas throughout central Africa are endemically infected with parasites that are closely related to human P. vivax.
Evidence for henipavirus spillover into human populations in Africa
- O. Pernet, B. S. Schneider, Benhur Lee
- BiologyNature Communications
- 18 November 2014
To determine the potential for HNV spillover events among humans in Africa, well-curated sets of bat and human serum samples from Cameroon are examined for Nipah virus (NiV) cross-neutralizing antibodies ( NiV-X-Nabs).
Patterns of bushmeat hunting and perceptions of disease risk among central African communities
- M. Lebreton, A. T. Prosser, N. Wolfe
- Medicine
- 1 November 2006
These findings reinforce the notion that conservation programs in rural villages in central Africa should include health‐risk education and reduce the levels of use of wild animals, particularly of certain endangered species that pose a particular risk to human health.
Seroprevalence and distribution of Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, and Bunyaviridae arboviral infections in rural Cameroonian adults.
- M. Kuniholm, N. Wolfe, D. Gubler
- MedicineAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- 1 June 2006
Seroprevalence rates of YF and CHIK increased with age, and results suggest that inter-epidemic arboviral infection is common in central African populations.
Reorganization and expansion of the nidoviral family Arteriviridae
- J. Kuhn, M. Lauck, T. Goldberg
- BiologyArchives of Virology
- 25 November 2015
An updated, amended, and improved arterivirus taxonomy is outlined based on current data and non-Latinized binomial species names are introduced to replace all current species names to clearly differentiate them from virus names, which remain largely unchanged.
Widespread Infection with Homologues of Human Parvoviruses B19, PARV4, and Human Bocavirus of Chimpanzees and Gorillas in the Wild
- C. Sharp, M. Lebreton, P. Simmonds
- BiologyJournal of Virology
- 28 July 2010
This study provides the first evidence for widespread circulation of parvoviruses in primates and enables future investigations of their epidemiology, host specificity, and (co)evolutionary histories.
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