JGI Activity Reports: Chimpanzee Sanctuaries in Africa

Will the Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee Go Extinct? Models Derived from Intake Rates of Ape Sanctuaries

V. Sommer and C. Ross (eds.), Primates of Gashaka, Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects 35, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-7403-7_14, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract All great ape taxa are considered endangered due to a combination of habitat loss, hunting, disease outbreaks and human population increase. The bush-meat trade is thought to be the biggest threat to the...

Chimpanzee Adenovirus Antibodies in Humans, Sub-Saharan Africa

Human sera from the United States, Thailand, and sub-Saharan Africa and chimpanzee sera were tested for neutralizing antibodies to 3 chimpanzee adenoviruses. Antibodies were more common in humans residing in sub-Saharan Africa than in humans living in the United States or Thailand. This finding suggests cross-species transmission of chimpanzee adenoviruses.

Chimpanzee Malaria Parasites Related to Plasmodium ovale in Africa

Since the 1970's, the diversity of Plasmodium parasites in African great apes has been neglected. Surprisingly, P. reichenowi, a chimpanzee parasite, is the only such parasite to have been molecularly characterized. This parasite is closely phylogenetically related to P. falciparum, the principal cause of the greatest malaria burden in humans. Studies of malaria parasites from anthropoid primat...

A leopard ate a chimpanzee: first evidence from East Africa.

Primate Sanctuaries, Taxonomy and Survival: a Case Study from South Africa

The relationship between humans and non-human primates in South Africa is problematic. On the one hand, vervet monkeys were formerly designated vermin species and could be destroyed at will. On the other hand, many people keep young vervets as pets even though this is illegal, and the animals are confiscated if discovered. Sanctuaries were established to accommodate large numbers of orphaned an...