Lisa Jones‐Engel, Cynthia May, Gregory Engel, Katherine A. Steinkraus et al.
In Asia, contact between persons and nonhuman primates is widespread in multiple occupational and nonoccupational contexts. Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) are retroviruses that are prevalent in all species of nonhuman primates. To determine SFV prevalence in humans, we tested 305 persons who lived or w...
M. Steven Oberste, Mohammed M. Feeroz, Kaija Maher, W. Allan Nix et al.
The term synanthropic describes organisms that thrive in human-altered habitats. Where synanthropic nonhuman primates (NHP) share an ecological niche with humans, cross-species transmission of infectious agents can occur. In Bangladesh, synanthropic NHP are found in villages, densely populated citie...
Mohammed M. Feeroz, Michael A. Schillaci, Sajeda Begum, Maruf Hasan et al.
The natural distribution of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) extends from South to East Asia, with substantial morphological variation among populations from different geographic locations. In the following report we compare morphometric measurements from rhesus macaques from Bangladesh to measureme...
Gregory Engel, Christopher T Small, Khanh Soliven, Mostafa M. Feeroz et al.
Simian foamy viruses (SFVs) are ubiquitous in non-human primates (NHPs). As in all retroviruses, reverse transcription of SFV leads to recombination and mutation. Because more humans have been shown to be infected with SFV than with any other simian borne virus, SFV is a potentially powerful model f...
Mostafa M. Feeroz, Khanh Soliven, Christopher T Small, Gregory Engel et al.
Foamy viruses are complex retroviruses that have been shown to be transmitted from nonhuman primates to humans. In Bangladesh, infection with simian foamy virus (SFV) is ubiquitous among rhesus macaques, which come into contact with humans in diverse locations and contexts throughout the country. We...
M. Steven Oberste, Mohammed M. Feeroz, Kaija Maher, W. Allan Nix et al.
The conditions in densely populated Bangladesh favor picornavirus transmission, resulting in a high rate of infection in the human population. Data suggest that nonhuman primates (NHP) may play a role in the maintenance and transmission of diverse picornaviruses in Bangladesh. At the Dhaka Zoo, mult...
Erik A. Karlsson, Gregory Engel, Mohammed M. Feeroz, San Sorn et al.
To determine whether nonhuman primates are infected with infl uenza viruses in nature, we conducted serologic and swab studies among macaques from several parts of the world. Our detection of infl uenza virus and antibodies to infl uenza virus raises questions about the role of nonhuman primates in ...
Khanh Soliven, Xiaoxing Wang, Christopher T Small, Mostafa M. Feeroz et al.
Simian foamy viruses (SFV) are complex retroviruses that are ubiquitous in nonhuman primates (NHP) and are zoonotically transmitted to humans, presumably through NHP saliva, by licking, biting, and other behaviors. We have studied SFV in free-ranging rhesus macaques in Bangladesh. It has been previo...
F. A. Matsen, Christopher T Small, Khanh Soliven, Gregory Engel et al.
Simian Foamy Virus (SFV) can be transmitted from non-human primates (NHP) to humans. However, there are no documented cases of human to human transmission, and significant differences exist between infection in NHP and human hosts. The mechanism for these between-host differences is not completely u...
M. Kamrul Hasan, Mohammed M. Feeroz, Lisa Jones‐Engel, Gregory Engel et al.
While studies of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in the eastern (e.g., China) and western (e.g., India) parts of their geographic range have revealed major genetic differences that warrant the recognition of two different subspecies, little is known about genetic characteristics of rhesus macaques ...
Amy R. Klegarth, Chigozie A. Ezeonwu, Aida Louise Tenden Rompis, Benjamin P. Y.‐H. Lee et al.
Survey results showed treponemal infection among pet macaques in Southeast Asia, a region with a high prevalence of human yaws. This finding, along with studies showing treponemal infection in nonhuman primates in Africa, should encourage a One Health approach to yaws eradication and surveillance ac...
Karen Craig, M. Kamrul Hasan, Dana L. Jackson, Gregory Engel et al.
Simian foamy viruses (SVF) are ubiquitous in nonhuman primates (NHP). SFV can be zoonotically transmitted to humans who either work with or live commensally with NHP. We analyzed the blood of 45 Bangladeshi performing monkey owners (an ethnic group called the Bedey) for SFV infection. Surprisingly, ...
M. Kamrul Hasan, Mohammed M. Feeroz, Lisa Jones‐Engel, Gregory Engel et al.
The acquisition and training of monkeys to perform is a centuries-old tradition in South Asia, resulting in a large number of rhesus macaques kept in captivity for this purpose. The performing monkeys are reportedly collected from free-ranging populations, and may escape from their owners or may be ...
Felix Pal
ABSTRACTTo address the problem of participant access, central in the study of the far-right, scholars of far-right mobilisations navigate between a methodological rock and a hard place. Either scholars produce in-depth qualitative accounts, putting their safety and ethical commitments at risk, or sc...