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Pan troglodytes, Sarcina, bacteria, bacterium, disease, chimpanzees, chimps, conservation
New Bacterium Linked to Chimp Deaths
The newly discovered microbe seems to be responsible for a mysterious neurological disease that has killed dozens of critically endangered Western chimpanzees.
New Bacterium Linked to Chimp Deaths
New Bacterium Linked to Chimp Deaths

The newly discovered microbe seems to be responsible for a mysterious neurological disease that has killed dozens of critically endangered Western chimpanzees.

The newly discovered microbe seems to be responsible for a mysterious neurological disease that has killed dozens of critically endangered Western chimpanzees.

Sierra Leone

Antibody Spike Months After Ebola Infection Surprisingly Common
Catherine Offord | Jan 27, 2021 | 4 min read
A study of people in Sierra Leone suggests that the virus can lie in hiding from the immune system before re-emerging later and sparking a new response—although researchers didn’t examine whether this could make people infectious again.
Bats in Sierra Leone Carry Marburg Virus
Kerry Grens | Dec 31, 2018 | 2 min read
It’s the first time the deadly pathogen has been found in West Africa.
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