Pneumonia, tuberculosis and yellow fever: our pathogens are killing primates | Science

The autopsy determined the cause of death Stella: pneumonia. Some time later, the results revealed that the culprit had been a human virus, specifically, a metapneumovirus. It usually causes us a simple cold, but Stella She wasn’t human, she was a chimpanzee. In 2017, that outbreak claimed her and 12% of her community in Kibale … Read more

Pneumonia, tuberculosis and yellow fever: our pathogens are killing primates | Science

The autopsy determined the cause of death Stella: pneumonia. Some time later, the results revealed that the culprit had been a human virus, specifically, a metapneumovirus. It usually causes us a simple cold, but Stella She wasn’t human, she was a chimpanzee. In 2017, that outbreak claimed her and 12% of her community in Kibale … Read more