{"id":14625,"date":"2016-12-05T17:46:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioengineer.org\/researchers-stress-the-need-for-research-on-ebola-virus-disease-in-great-apes\/"},"modified":"2016-12-05T17:46:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T17:46:51","slug":"researchers-stress-the-need-for-research-on-ebola-virus-disease-in-great-apes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bioengineer.org\/researchers-stress-the-need-for-research-on-ebola-virus-disease-in-great-apes\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers stress the need for research on Ebola virus disease in great apes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a threat to human health, but it also threatens the survival of African great apes. A new review examines the current knowledge about EVD in great apes and documents the link between outbreaks in apes and in humans, mainly via bushmeat consumption.<\/p>\n

The review's authors note that vaccination of wild apes would simultaneously reduce the risk of transmission into the human population and the impact of EVD on the endangered great apes.<\/p>\n

"Even though theoretically this may sound like a great plan, the elusive nature of great apes, living in dense tropical rainforests, raises serious questions about its feasibility " said Dr. Fabian Leendertz, senior author of the Mammal Review<\/em> article. <\/p>\n

Additional research, systematic wildlife surveillance, and public education about the risk of bushmeat consumption are needed. <\/p>\n

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