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PRO/AH/EDR> Rhinovirus infection, chimpanzee – Uganda: (Kibale Natl Park) fatal

Cold -- UgandaA virus that makes humans suffer colds is attributed to the death of chimpanzees in Uganda that were killed by a respiratory disease, a US study published [Wed 13 Dec 2017] showed.Researchers from the US University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) did field studies and were surprised to find that a human "common cold" virus known as rhinovirus C had triggered an outbreak of a respiratory disease in a community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park [in western Uganda], which Read more [...]