A man has died after contracting a rare infectious disease known as the Monkey B virus that is carried by primates, Chinese officials have revealed. Monkeypox: symptoms, transmission and the ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause ... Despite their close evolutionary relationship with these animals, old-world monkeys are not susceptible to HBV infections.

Monkeys resist HBV due to amino acid differences in NTCP, blocking viral binding. Evolutionary adaptations at NTCP positions 158 and 86 prevent HBV infection in macaques. Findings aid in designing ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “People typically get infected with B virus if they are bitten or scratched by an infected macaque monkey, or have contact with the monkey’s ...

YEMASSEE — When a prestigious research team from Boston wanted to test a vaccine for the highly infectious Zika virus, they brought the project to a South Carolina monkey farm that has been ...