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Amazonian monkeys are contracting human hepatitis B and deforestation is making the situation worse

For the first time, scientists have recorded wild monkeys in the Amazon contracting human hepatitis B virus (HBV). The researchers warn that the situation could get much worse as deforestation brings ...
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New pandemic fear after deadly human disease found in wild rainforest monkeys for first time

Wild monkeys in the Amazon have been discovered harbouring a lethal human illness for the first time - an alarming find that scientists believe is probably driven by civilisation encroaching further ...