Scientists discover new bacterium linked to fatal, mystery chimp disease which could jump to humans ...News

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Scientists are concerned that dozens of unexplained deaths at a remote chimpanzee sanctuary in Sierra Leone, spanning more than a decade, may mark a new generation of zoonotic diseases that could jump to humans. Since 2005, some 56 critically endangered Western chimpanzees have died suddenly at the Tacugama sanctuary in Sierra Leone after abruptly developing bouts of neurological problems, extreme intestinal bloating, vomiting and diarrhea. No medical treatment could prevent their impending doom. This week, after five years of research, scientists think they have identified the culprit, “epizootic neurologic and gastroenteric syndrome”

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