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Kibale EcoHealth

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"Mapping Hot Spots" is a video about the history of "one health" in #Uganda. It's based on a Kibale EcoHealth field course taught by Tony Goldberg, Neil Kodesh, and Josh Garoon from UW–Madison, filmed by Emily Julka. vimeo.com/275901316

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#SARSCoV2 in apes? Hope not. Here's a nice piece in Science Magazine by Ann Gibbons describing the risks and precautions being taken, including in Kibale. sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/p…

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More on #COVID19 in apes, this time in The Economist. Gorillas are indeed "bad at social distancing," and this is indeed “another problem that the apes don’t need.” Note the reference to the 2013 outbreak of rhinovirus C in the Kanyawara chimps. economist.com/science-and-te…

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Interesting piece in NYT Magazine about #zoonoses, by Ferris Jabr. Seemingly simple actions by uninformed individuals can spark pandemics. nytimes.com/2020/06/17/mag…

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First relatives of rubella virus found in bats from Kibale National Park, Uganda, and mice from Germany. Check out this paper, just published in @nature. Does this portend challenges for global #rubella elimination? Only time and research will tell. nature.com/articles/s4158…

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And, here is a Nature Research Microbiology Community “Behind the Paper” post about the backstory of the discovery of rubella's zoonotic origin! naturemicrobiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/bats-mic…

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Check out this new paper by Tony Goldberg and colleagues in Nature Communications about a "mystery disease" at Tacugama in Sierra Leone. Places like Tacugama and #VisitNgamba🇺🇬 are critical for chimps across Africa! nature.com/articles/s4146…

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KEP Director Tony Goldberg appeared on Episode 7 of "Paranormal: Declassified" on Trvl Channel. Could an infection cause a zombie apocalypse? You decide! watch.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/paran…

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KEP identifies new cause of lethal respiratory disease in wild chimps: human rhinovirus C. And, all chimps are genetically susceptible. Just published in CDC_EIDjournal. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24….

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See KEP Director Tony Goldberg's video interview on rhinovirus C, a newly identified cause of lethal respiratory disease in wild chimps, by PASA Primates: pasaprimates.org.

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New #CDC podcast about reverse zoonotic respiratory disease in chimps (and public health implications) featuring Kibale EcoHealth Director Tony Goldberg. www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/playe…