Using physical contact heterogeneity and frequency to characterize dynamics of human exposure to nonhuman primate bodily fluids in central Africa.

• Main Authors: Victor Narat (Author), Mamadou Kampo (Author), Thibaut Heyer (Author), Stephanie Rupp (Author), Philippe Ambata (Author), Richard Njouom (Author), Tamara Giles-Vernick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Emerging infectious diseases of zoonotic origin constitute a recurrent threat to global health. Nonhuman primates (NHPs) occupy an important place in zoonotic spillovers (pathogenic transmissions from animals to humans), serving as reservoirs or amplifiers of multiple neglected tropical diseases, in...