While the circumstances surrounding the origin and spread of HIV are becoming clearer, the
particulars of the origin of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) are still unknown …

A thoroughly characterized breeding colony of 172 pedigreed rhesus macaques was used
to analyze exon 2 of the polymorphic Mamu-DPB1,-DQA1,-DQB1, and-DRB loci. Most of the …

Background Rickettsia felis is a common emerging pathogen detected in mosquitoes in sub-
Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that, as with malaria, great apes may be exposed to the …

We tested 114 faecal samples from wild simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-positive (n=
43) and SIV-negative (n= 71) chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) in southeast …

The karyotypes of 28 specimens belonging to 26 species of Cercopithecinae have been
compared with each other and with human karyotype by chromosome banding and, for …

The major objective of the investigation of the Baboon Catacomb in Saqqara in 1996 was to
establish the species, sex and age at death of all its surviving monkey cranial material. 146 …

It has been suggested that chimpanzee kidney cultures may have been used in the
preparation of oral polio vaccine stocks used in Africa during the late 1950s, and so could …

Abstract Background The Onchocercidae is a family of filarial nematodes with several
species of medical or veterinary importance. Microfilariae are found in the blood and/or the …

Simian immunodeficiency viruses infecting western lowland gorillas (SIVgor) are closely
related to HIV-1 and are most likely the ancestors of HIV-1 groups O and P. At present …

The study of cranial shape variation is central to physical anthropology, and the prevalence
of cranial allometry in cercopithecine monkeys (Cercopithecidae Gray, 1821) has made …