Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa
Date
2012-02
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Baboons on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula come in frequent contact with humans. To determine potential health risks for both species, we screened 27 baboons from 5 troops for 10 infections. Most (56%) baboons had antibodies reactive or cross-reactive to human viruses. Spatial overlap between these species poses low but potential health risks.
Description
CITATION: Drewe, J. A. et al. 2012. Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(2):298-301, doi:10.3201/eid1802.111309.
The original publication is available at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid
The original publication is available at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid
Keywords
Baboons as carriers of disease, Communicable diseases in baboons, Zoonoses -- South Africa -- Western Cape -- Cape Town, Human-animal relationships
Citation
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Drewe, J. A. et al. 2012. Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(2):298-301, doi:10.3201/eid1802.111309.
Drewe, J. A. et al. 2012. Survey of infections transmissible between baboons and humans, Cape Town, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(2):298-301, doi:10.3201/eid1802.111309.