Infectious and noninfectious diseases are being recognized by conservation biologists as an
increasing challenge to the conservation of wildlife. The amplified role of diseases as a …

The sudden appearance of diseases like SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome 1), the
devastating impacts of diseases like Ebola on both human and wildlife communities, 2, 3 …

Pathogens that can be transmitted between different host species are of fundamental
interest and importance from public health, conservation and economic perspectives, yet …

Recent progress in the field of wildlife disease ecology demonstrates that infectious disease
plays a crucial role in the lives of wild animals. Parasites and pathogens should be …

Control of human infectious disease has been promoted as a valuable ecosystem service
arising from the conservation of biodiversity. There are two commonly discussed …

This book develops an examination and critique of human extinction as a result of the 'next
pandemic'and turns attention towards the role of pandemic catastrophe in the renegotiation …

Background Hunting and butchering of wild non-human primates infected with simian
immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is thought to have sparked the HIV pandemic. Although SIV …

We address the strategies to prevent disease transmission from human to non-human
primates in natural settings. Some field research methods, such as gaining close proximity …

We describe a case of naturally acquired infection with Plasmodium knowlesi in Thailand.
Diagnosis was confirmed by the small subunit ribosomal RNA and the mitochondrial …

Recent evidence of emerging human diseases with origins or likely transmission to humans,
or both, that involve primates and a greater recognition of the risk of human pathogen …