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Published online 21 July 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040719-9
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Anthrax outbreak kills wild chimps
Illegal trade could spread disease to humans.
Anthrax has killed at least six wild chimpanzees in the tropical rainforest of the Ivory Coast - the first time the disease has been seen in these animals and in this type of habitat. As well as threatening great ape populations, the discovery raises fears that the disease could spread to humans through the illegal trade in bushmeat.
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