TY - JOUR
T1 - Wild primate populations in emerging infectious disease research
T2 - The missing link?
AU - Wolfe, Nathan D.
AU - Escalante, Ananias A.
AU - Karesh, William B.
AU - Kilbourn, Annelisa
AU - Spielman, Andrew
AU - Lal, Altaf A.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Wild primate populations, an unexplored source of information regarding emerging infectious disease, may hold valuable clues to the origins and evolution of some important pathogens. Primates can act as reservoirs for human pathogens. As members of biologically diverse habitats, they serve as sentinels for surveillance of emerging pathogens and provide models for basic research on natural transmission dynamics. Since emerging infectious diseases also pose serious threats to endangered and threatened primate species, studies of these diseases in primate populations can benefit conservation efforts and may provide the missing link between laboratory studies and the well-recognized needs of early disease detection, identification, and surveillance.
AB - Wild primate populations, an unexplored source of information regarding emerging infectious disease, may hold valuable clues to the origins and evolution of some important pathogens. Primates can act as reservoirs for human pathogens. As members of biologically diverse habitats, they serve as sentinels for surveillance of emerging pathogens and provide models for basic research on natural transmission dynamics. Since emerging infectious diseases also pose serious threats to endangered and threatened primate species, studies of these diseases in primate populations can benefit conservation efforts and may provide the missing link between laboratory studies and the well-recognized needs of early disease detection, identification, and surveillance.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid0402.980202
DO - 10.3201/eid0402.980202
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9621185
AN - SCOPUS:0031835848
SN - 1080-6040
VL - 4
SP - 149
EP - 158
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -