Browsing by Subject "Ecosystem"

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2013-07-24Zeitschriftenartikel

Absence 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, Bernhard

Emergence 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 ...
2009-11-14Zeitschriftenartikel

Examining Landscape Factors Influencing Relative Distribution of Mosquito Genera and Frequency of Virus Infection

Junglen, Sandra; Kurth, Andreas; Kuehl, H.; Quan, Phenix-Lan; Ellerbrok, Heinz; Pauli, Georg; Nitsche, Andreas; Nunn, Charles L.; Rich, S. M.; Briese, Thomas; Leendertz, Fabian

Mosquito-borne infections cause some of the most debilitating human diseases, including yellow fever and malaria, yet we lack an understanding of how disease risk scales with human-driven habitat changes. We present an ...
2009-02-28Zeitschriftenartikel

Frequent foamy virus infection in free-living chimpanzees of the Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)

Morozov, Vladimir; Leendertz, Fabian; Junglen, Sandra; Boesch, Christophe; Pauli, Georg; Ellerbrok, Heinz

Foamy viruses are frequently found in non-human primates and apes in captivity. However, data on simian foamy virus (SFV) infection in apes from the wild are limited. Necropsy specimens were collected from 14 West African ...
2023-08-21Zeitschriftenartikel

Vertebrate environmental DNA from leaf swabs

Lynggaard, Christina; Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien; Chapman, Colin A.; Kalbitzer, Urs; Leendertz, Fabian H.; Omeja, Patrick A.; Opito, Emmanuel A.; Sarkar, Dipto; Bohmann, Kristine; Gogarten, Jan F.

Terrestrial vertebrates are threatened by anthropogenic activities around the world. The rapid biodiversity loss that ensues is most intense in the tropics and affects ecosystem functions, such as seed dispersal, or may ...