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Although many of the pet monkeys in the U.S. are bred from captive colonies derived from research stock, chimpanzees, and most of the other great apes are endangered, and worldwide, the pet trade is considered to be part of the problem.

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Integrating Henry into the chimpanzee population at Chimp Haven took months. The fact that Henry had never socialized with other chimpanzees meant that he had to be slowly introduced to other chimps. The process, very carefully choreographed, was arduous. Having been socialized by humans, Henry did not know how to act like a chimpanzee.

Researchers believe the chimpanzee virus is a hybrid of the SIVs naturally infecting two different monkeys, the red-capped mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus) and the greater spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus nictitans). Chimps eat monkeys, which is likely how they acquired the monkey viruses. The hybrid virus then spread through the chimpanzee species, and was later transmitted to humans to become HIV-1.

You can not truly domesticate a chimpanzee. Young chimps are often playful and docile, but they tend to become more aggressive as they get older. Like humans, they can be moody or get angry when challenged, making them poor pets.

Monkeys, chimpanzees, and humans are primates. Primates are mammals that are characterized by their advanced cognitive development and abilities, grasping hands and feet, and forward-facing eyes, along with other characteristics. Some primates (including some great apes and baboons) are typically terrestrial (move on the ground) versus arboreal (living in the trees), but all species of primates have adaptations to climb trees (EOL). Millions of years ago, primate ancestors evolved different defining characteristics from one another, branching into many species within different groups.

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Since 2000, we have performed veterinary monitoring of three neighbouring communities (north, south and east; Fig. 1) of wild chimpanzees in TNP15. This chimpanzee population has been habituated to continuous human presence and the object of a long-term behavioural study16 since 1979, resulting in 93 recognized individuals (as of 2018). Chimpanzees living in rainforests represent a unique sentinel system, inasmuch as our closest genetic and behavioural relatives are exposed to pathogens of public health importance17. Through daily health observations by trained staff and non-invasive sampling of chimpanzee faeces, alongside necropsies performed on all chimpanzees and other wildlife found dead in the research area, we have been investigating the circulation of infectious agents in this habitat, a number of which were directly relevant to human health. After 16 years of anthrax mortalities18 and outbreaks caused by human respiratory pathogens19, in 2017 we started observing signs compatible with MPXV infection appear in all communities over a 16-month period. Making use of the unique collection of samples and observations gathered over decades of research at TNP, we investigated the epidemiology of MPXV outbreaks.

Shown are the home ranges of the north (turquoise), south (blue) and east (orange) chimpanzee communities over a one-year period. The axes refer to the position of the research site with respect to the equator (N) and the Greenwich meridian (W). The black circles indicate the 95% minimum convex polygon (MCP), which represents the simplest approach to draw home-range boundaries.

a, A single vesicular lesion present on the right corner of the mouth (white arrow) of a chimpanzee from the south community infected with MPXV in 2017. b, A diffuse rash present on the face and body of the chimpanzee from the east community infected with MPXV in 2018.

a, A ML tree of MPXV. Viral genomes identified in chimpanzees in TNP are in blue (south 2017), turquoise (north 2017) and orange (east 2018). The scale bar is in substitutions per variable site. The inner branch colours represent bootstrap support (grey is

a,b, Detection of MPXV DNA (a) and non-chimpanzee mammalian DNA (b) in chimpanzee faecal samples before, during and after each outbreak. Each line represents a chimpanzee. The boxes represent the chimpanzee community (south in blue, north in turquoise and east in orange) and age groups (infant (Inf.), juvenile (Juv.), adolescent (Ado.) and adult (Ad.)). The vertical light grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in the group. The horizontal dark grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in severely ill chimpanzees.

Signs compatible with MPXV infection were evident in a different number of chimpanzees in each community, namely 2 in the south, 11 in the north (of which 7 were only occasionally observed coughing) and 1 in the east community. Exposure to a carcass with high viral loads in the skin and major organs (Supplementary Table 3) may have contributed to the higher number of cases in the north community. The O1L gene has been associated with host range and its loss through frame-shifting indels has been identified in poxviruses with a restricted host range, such as taterapox and camelpox viruses34. Similarly, complete O1L deletion appeared in the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) during serial passaging on chicken embryo fibroblasts of its parental strain, the chorioallantois vaccinia virus Ankara (CVA)35. In light of the reductive evolutionary strategy of poxviruses36,37, it seems plausible that this feature may have facilitated transmission, whether from reservoir to chimpanzee in a multiple-source scenario or from chimpanzee to chimpanzee in an epizootic paradigm.

In this study, we took advantage of the long-term behaviour and health monitoring of chimpanzees in TNP to detect and study three outbreaks of MPXV, during which the affected animals sometimes presented with only respiratory signs. MPXV genomic analyses revealed that these outbreaks probably all corresponded to independent transmission events from a still unknown reservoir host; diet metabarcoding did not reveal any notable change in chimpanzee predatory behaviour, nor any consumption of rodent. As expected, we found that exposure to MPXV was greater in those individuals that maintained a higher grooming activity during the outbreak, suggesting that MPXV was transmitted directly between chimpanzees. We also found that indirect pathways of transmission might exist, since viable virus could be obtained from faeces and flies associated with the chimpanzees. Finally, a retrospective analysis of samples accumulated over the last three decades did not suggest a high, unnoticed activity of MPXV in the area. Accordingly, we speculate that these three outbreaks might be linked to the same ecological changes that probably prompted the recent increase in monkeypox incidence in humans across Western Africa.

The number following the group name is the total number of chimpanzees in the group. Dates below each group indicate the timeframe when clinical signs were observed. Numbers in brackets after each age group correspond to the number of chimpanzees belonging to that age group. Numbers under disease manifestation categories indicate the number and age class of chimpanzees who manifested those clinical signs. The number of asymptomatic chimpanzees in which MPXV DNA was detected in faeces is also reported in the last column.

a, Detection of MPXV DNA and non-chimpanzee mammalian DNA b, in chimpanzee faecal samples from the South community over time. Each line represents a chimpanzee. Bold names correspond to chimpanzees in which mild to severe signs compatible with MPXV infection were observed. Boxes represent age groups (infant, juvenile, adolescent and adult). Vertical light grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in the group. Horizontal dark grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in severely ill chimpanzees.

a, Detection of MPXV DNA and non-chimpanzee mammalian DNA b, in chimpanzee faecal samples from the North community over time. Each line represents a chimpanzee. Bold names correspond to chimpanzees in which mild to severe signs compatible with MPXV infection were observed. Boxes represent age groups (infant, juvenile, adolescent and adult). Vertical light grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in the group. Horizontal dark grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in severely ill chimpanzees.

a, Detection of MPXV DNA and non-chimpanzee mammalian DNA b, in chimpanzee faecal samples from the East community over time. Each line represents a chimpanzee. Bold names correspond to chimpanzees in which mild to severe signs compatible with MPXV infection were observed. Boxes represent age groups (infant, juvenile, adolescent and adult). Vertical light grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in the group. Horizontal dark grey shadowing indicates the period in which clinical signs were observed in severely ill chimpanzees.

Monkeypox respiratory symptoms in a wild chimpanzee. This video shows the severe respiratory symptoms, such as breathing with an open mouth, and limited rash observed in a chimpanzee (Pushkin) from the south group infected with MPXV in 2017.

Monkeypox-limited exanthema and grooming in a wild chimpanzee. This video shows the limited rash observed in a chimpanzee (Ravel) from the south group infected with MPXV in 2017 and grooming, including ingestion of nasal discharge, by group members.

Monkeypox diffuse rash and grooming in wild chimpanzees. This video shows the diffuse exanthema and lethargy observed in the chimpanzees from the east community infected with MPXV in 2018. Grooming activity, including ingestion of lesion material, by the mother is also shown. 041b061a72