Chimpanzee deaths at Mahale caused by a flu-like disease
Chimpanzee deaths at Mahale caused by a flu-like disease
复制标题
DOI：
10.1007/s10329-007-0054-1
复制
发表时间：
2008-01-01
期刊：
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Nishida, Toshisada
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Hanamura, Shunkichi;Kiyono, Mieko;Nishida, Toshisada
2006年6月至7月，在坦桑尼亚马哈尔山国家公园的M群黑猩猩（Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii）中，一种类似流感的疾病蔓延。这场流行病杀死了多达12只黑猩猩。他们死亡的明显证据来自发现三名婴儿的尸体，他们以前曾表现出这种疾病的一些症状。其中至少有一名婴儿死于肺炎。此外，疫情发生后，还有9只黑猩猩失踪。这些人被认为是被这种流行病杀死的，因为他们中的大多数人在观察的最后几天与受感染的人有过接触。在此期间，我们还发现了两具尸体，据认为是两名失踪人员的尸体。我们证实M组65人中有23人（35.4%）表现出疾病的某些症状，尽管其中大多数（20/23）没有死亡。半数以上（14/23）有亲属出现症状。由于这种动物流行病可能是由与人类接触引起的，因此有必要为研究人员、游客和公园工作人员建立并遵循适当的协议来观察黑猩猩，并探索人类向黑猩猩和黑猩猩之间的疾病传播机制。
A flu-like disease spread among chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) of the M group at Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, from June to July 2006. This epizootic or epidemic killed up to 12 chimpanzees. The obvious evidence of their deaths came from finding the bodies of three infants who had previously shown some symptoms of the disease. At least one of these infants died of pneumonia. In addition, nine chimpanzees were missing after the outbreak. These individuals were assumed to have been killed by this epizootic because most of them had contact with the infected individuals on the last days they were observed. We also found two dead bodies during this period, which were thought to be those of two missing individuals. We confirmed 23 (35.4%) of 65 individuals of the M group showed some symptoms of the disease, although most of them (20/23) did not die. More than half of them (14/23) had kin showing symptoms. Since this epizootic may have been caused by contact with humans, it will be necessary to establish and follow appropriate protocols for researchers, tourists, and park staff to observe chimpanzees, and to explore the mechanism of disease transmission from humans to chimpanzees and among chimpanzees.