Global view on virus infection in non-human primates and implications for public health and wildlife conservation

• Published in: Dōngwùxué yánjiū Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 626 - 632
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kunming Kunming Institute of Zoology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences 18.09.2021
• Subjects: Catarrhini; Coronaviruses; Ecotourism; Epidemiology; Mammals; Monkeys; Monkeys & apes; Nature conservation; Pathogens; Primates; Public health; Species; Viruses; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management; Zoonoses
• ISSN: 0254-5853
• DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.080

Given the wide distribution of Old World monkeys and their frequent contact with humans, there is a high risk of virus circulation between humans and such species. [...]we suggest recurring epidemiological surveillance of NHPs, specifically Old World monkeys that are in frequent contact with humans, and other effective measures to prevent potential circulation and transmission of viruses. Furthermore, in addition to large-scale and class/order-level interpretation of the interactions between viruses and mammalian groups, effective virus surveillance and wildlife management strategies still require more detailed species-level information on each mammalian order (Devaux et al., 2019). Furthermore, organized feeding of NHPs is one of the most common forms of wildlife-related ecotourism, which increases the possibility of pathogen transmission (Devaux et al., 2019). [...]understanding the patterns of viral diversity in NHPs and determinants of cross-species transmission is essential to limit the potential circular transmission of viruses among humans and NHP species. [...]the centrality of a particular node was a reflection of the number of virus species infecting the host and others and was deemed a good estimate of its potential as a source for harmful virus circulation (Gómez et al., 2013).