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2010-03-23ZeitschriftenartikelA longitudinal study of urinary dipstick parameters in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Côte d'ivoire Leendertz, Siv Aina J.; Metzger, Sonja; Skjerve, Eystein; Deschner, Tobias; Boesch, Christophe; Riedel, Julia; Leendertz, FabianWe performed 796 dip-stick tests on urine from 100 wild West African chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) from 4 habituated groups in the tropical rain forest of Taï National Park, Cote d'Ivoire, to establish reference ...
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2013-07-24ZeitschriftenartikelAbsence of Frequent Herpesvirus Transmission in a Nonhuman Primate Predator-Prey System in the Wild Murthy, Sripriya; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Metzger, Sonja; Nowak, Kathrin; Nys, Helene de; Boesch, Christophe; Wittig, Roman; Jarvis, Michael A.; Leendertz, Fabian; Ehlers, BernhardEmergence of viruses into the human population by transmission from nonhuman primates (NHPs) represents a serious potential threat to human health that is primarily associated with the increased bushmeat trade. Transmission ...
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2017-11-06ZeitschriftenartikelEvidence for Human Streptococcus pneumoniae in wild and captive chimpanzees: A potential threat to wild populations Köndgen, Sophie; Calvignac-Spencer, Sebastien; Grützmacher, Kim; Keil, Verena; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Nowak, Kathrin; Metzger, Sonja; Kiyang, John; Lübke-Becker, Antina; Deschner, Tobias; Wittig, Roman M.; Lankester, Felix; Leendertz, Fabian H.Habituation of wild great apes for tourism and research has had a significant positive effect on the conservation of these species. However, risks associated with such activities have been identified, specifically the ...
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2014-05-14ZeitschriftenartikelFatal Monkeypox in Wild-Living Sooty Mangabey, Côte d’Ivoire, 2012 Radonić, Aleksandar; Metzger, Sonja; Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Schünadel, Livia; Kurth, Andreas; Mätz-Rensing, Kerstin; Boesch, Christophe; Leendertz, Fabian; Nitsche, AndreasWe isolated a monkeypox virus from a wild-living monkey, a sooty mangabey, found dead in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire, in March 2012. The whole-genome sequence obtained from this isolate and directly from clinical ...
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2015-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelNo Evidence of Gouléako and Herbert Virus Infections in Pigs, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana Junglen, Sandra; Marklewitz, Marco; Zirkel, Florian; Wollny, Robert; Meyer, Benjamin; Heidemann, Hanna; Metzger, Sonja; Annan, Augustina; Dei, Dickson; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Oppong, Samuel; Drosten, ChristianA recent report suggested that 2 novel bunyaviruses discovered in insects in Côte d’Ivoire caused lethal disease in swine in South Korea. We conducted cell culture studies and tested serum from pigs exposed to mosquitoes ...
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2011-08-10ZeitschriftenartikelNovel adenoviruses in wild primates: a high level of genetic diversity and evidence of zoonotic transmissions. Wevers, Diana; Metzger, Sonja; Babweteera, Fred; Bieberbach, Marc; Boesch, Christophe; Cameron, Kenneth; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Cranfield, Mike; Gray, Maryke; Harris, Laurie A.; Head, Josephine; Jeffery, Kathryn; Knauf, Sascha; Lankester, Felix; Leendertz, Siv Aina J.; Lonsdorf, Elizabeth; Mugisha, Lawrence; Nitsche, Andreas; Reed, Patricia; Robbins, Martha; Travis, Dominic A.; Zommers, Zinta; Leendertz, Fabian; Ehlers, BernhardAdenoviruses (AdVs) broadly infect vertebrate hosts, including a variety of nonhuman primates (NHPs). In the present study, we identified AdVs in NHPs living in their natural habitats, and through the combination of ...
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2013-06-01ZeitschriftenartikelNovel Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Isolate from a Wild Chimpanzee Coscolla, Mireia; Lewin, Astrid; Metzger, Sonja; Mätz-Rennsing, Kerstin; Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien; Nitsche, Andreas; Dabrowski, Piotr Wojtek; Radonić, Aleksandar; Niemann, Stefan; Parkhill, Julian; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Feldman, Julia; Comas, Iñaki; Boesch, Christophe; Gagneux, Sebastien; Leendertz, FabianTuberculosis (TB) is caused by gram-positive bacteria known as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). MTBC include several human-associated lineages and several variants adapted to domestic and, more rarely, wild ...
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2012-04-26ZeitschriftenartikelThe effect of climate fluctuation on chimpanzee birth sex ratio. Kühl, Hjalmar S.; N'Guessan, Antoine; Riedel, Julia; Metzger, Sonja; Deschner, TobiasClimate and weather conditions, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation, precipitation and temperature influence the birth sex ratio (BSR) of various higher latitude species, including deer, elephant seals or northern human ...
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2010-12-01ZeitschriftenartikelWild Chimpanzees Infected with 5 Plasmodium Species Kaiser, Marco; Löwa, Anna; Ulrich, Markus; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Goffe, Adeelia S.; Blasse, Anja; Zommers, Zinta; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Babweteera, Fred; Zuberbühler, Klaus; Metzger, Sonja; Geidel, Sebastian; Boesch, Christophe; Gillespie, Thomas R.; Leendertz, FabianData are missing on the diversity of Plasmodium spp. infecting apes that live in their natural habitat, with limited possibility of human-mosquito-ape exchange. We surveyed Plasmodium spp. diversity in wild chimpanzees ...