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Characterizing the picornavirus landscape among synanthropic nonhuman primates in Bangladesh, 2007 to 2008.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2013
Oberste M Steven, Feeroz Mohammed M, Maher Kaija, Nix W Allan, Engel Gregory A, Hasan Kamrul M, Begum Sajeda, Oh Gunwha, Chowdhury Anwarul H, Pallansch Mark A, Jones-Engel Lisa
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The term synanthropic describes organisms that thrive in human-altered habitats. Where synanthropic nonhuman primates (NHP) share an ecological niche with humans, cross-species transmission of infectious agents can occur. In Bangladesh, synanthropic NHP are found in villages, densely populated ci...
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