Sanctuary chimps show high rates of drug-resistant staph
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 14:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- Chimpanzees from African sanctuaries carry drug-resistant, human-associated strains of the bacteria Staphlyococcus aureus, a pathogen that the infected chimpanzees could spread to endangered wild ape populations if they were reintroduced to their natural habitat, a new study shows.