1. Should we be concerned about COVID-19 with nonhuman primates?
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Santos WJ, Guiraldi LM, and Lucheis SB
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- Animals, Animals, Zoo, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections etiology, Coronavirus Infections transmission, Coronavirus Infections virology, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Macaca fascicularis, Macaca mulatta, Nasal Mucosa virology, Pneumonia, Viral etiology, Pneumonia, Viral transmission, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Primate Diseases blood, Primate Diseases etiology, Primate Diseases transmission, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemiology, Viral Load veterinary, Weight Loss, Coronavirus Infections veterinary, Pandemics veterinary, Pneumonia, Viral veterinary, Primate Diseases virology, Primates virology
- Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has radically changed the human activities worldwide. Although we are still learning about the disease, it is necessary that primatologists, veterinarians, and all that are living with nonhuman primates (NHP) be concerned about the probable health impacts as these animals face this new pandemic. We want to increase discussion with the scientific community that is directly involved with these animals, because preliminary studies report that NHP may become infected and develop symptoms similar to those in human beings., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2020
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