Infectious diseases have the potential to extirpate populations of great apes. As the interface
between humans and great apes expands, zoonoses pose an increasingly severe threat to …

Surveillance of infectious diseases in free-ranging or wild animals has been widely
conducted in many habitat-range countries after the COVID-19 episode. Thailand is located …

This chapter highlights diseases affecting gibbons and great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees,
gorillas, and orangutans) with emphasis on those that are important or unique to apes. All …

A strain of Zika virus (ZIKV) of Asian origin associated with birth defects and neurological
disorders has emerged and spread through the Americas. ZIKV was first isolated in the …

Mycobacteria are a group of acid-fast bacilli that cause a range of clinical manifestations of
public health relevance across the globe including tuberculosis, atypical mycobacterial …

“Ecosystem Health recognizes the inherent interdependence of the health of humans,
animals and ecosystems and explores the perspectives, theories and methodologies …

Since the Symposium on Mycobacterial Infections of Zoo Animals held at the National
Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution in 1976, our understanding of tuberculosis (TB) in …

Primate sanctuaries across Africa play a pivotal role in the rescue and rehabilitation of
confiscated and rescued wild primates, many of whom have had extensive contact with …

Tuberculosis (TB) is among the top ten killer diseases and remains the number one cause of
death due to infection. A major bottleneck in TB research remains the availability of suitable …

Multidisciplinary approaches are critical to address the increasingly complex issues at the
intersection of nonhuman primates and neglected infectious diseases. In this chapter, we …