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What Ebola virus means for primate populations
By Jonathan Ball Professor of Molecular Virology, University of Nottingham
For most, the mere mention of Ebola virus provokes abject fear - the archetypal blockbuster contagion - but just how dangerous is it to our ape cousins?
A recent report highlighting possible Ebola virus infection in Indonesian orangutan populations provides a timely reminder of the threat to animal and human health that emerging virus infections pose...
What Ebola virus means for primate populations
By Jonathan Ball Professor of Molecular Virology, University of Nottingham
For most, the mere mention of Ebola virus provokes abject fear - the archetypal blockbuster contagion - but just how dangerous is it to our ape cousins?
A recent report highlighting possible Ebola virus infection in Indonesian orangutan populations provides a timely reminder of the threat to animal and human health that emerging virus infections pose...