Simian immunodeficiency virus is associated with increased mortality in a subspecies of chimpanzee living under natural conditions in East Africa. This is worrying news for the chimpanzee populations involved.
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Weiss, R., Heeney, J. An ill wind for wild chimps?. Nature 460, 470–471 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460470a
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