Schillaci Michael A, Jones-Engel Lisa, Engel Gregory A, Kyes Randall C
Department of Social Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Oct;75(4):716-9.
Performing monkeys, a common phenomena in Asia, occupy a unique urban niche that comprises a number of factors influencing the likelihood of cross-species transmission of pathogens. Here we present the first documented evidence of exposure to measles, rubella, and parainfluenza in a population of performing monkeys. Evidence of exposure to these endemic human respiratory viruses in the performing monkeys confirms human-to-primate transmission and suggests the possibility of primate-to-human transmission. Urban animal markets, the likely source of these performing monkeys, may represent an environment conducive to the mixing of animals and pathogens, making these monkeys a potential conduit for infectious agents passing from a variety of animals found in animal markets to humans. The potential significance of these results to human public health and the unique contexts of disease transmission associated with the urban ecology of the performance monkeys are discussed. Given the level of overseas travel, this potential threat is not confined solely to Asia.
在亚洲，表演猴是一种常见现象，它们占据着独特的城市生态位，包含许多影响病原体跨物种传播可能性的因素。在此，我们首次记录了表演猴群体接触麻疹、风疹和副流感病毒的证据。表演猴接触这些人类地方性呼吸道病毒的证据证实了人到灵长类动物的传播，并提示了灵长类动物到人的传播可能性。城市动物市场可能是这些表演猴的来源，它可能是一个有利于动物和病原体混合的环境，使这些猴子成为动物市场中各种动物的病原体传播给人类的潜在渠道。本文讨论了这些结果对人类公共卫生的潜在意义以及与表演猴城市生态相关的疾病传播独特背景。鉴于海外旅行的规模，这种潜在威胁并非仅局限于亚洲。
