Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus

(University of Wisconsin-Madison) In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to predators to deforestation. That's why scientists, investigating an outbreak of respiratory disease in a community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda's Kibale National Park, were surprised and dismayed to discover that a human 'common cold' virus known as rhinovirus C was killing healthy chimps.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news