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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Köster, Pamela Carolina author Lapuente, Juan author Cruz, Israel author Carmena, David author Ponce-Gordo, Francisco author 2022-07-13 Climate change and anthropic activities are the two main factors explaining wild great ape habitat reduction and population decline. The extent to which human-borne infectious diseases are contributing to this trend is still poorly understood. This is due to insufficient or fragmented knowledge on the abundance and distribution of current wild great ape populations, the difficulty obtaining optimal biological samples for diagnostic testing, and the scarcity of pathogen typing data of sufficient quality. This review summarises current information on the most clinically relevant pathogens of viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal nature for which transmission from humans to wild great apes is suspected. After appraising the robustness of available epidemiological and/or molecular typing evidence, we attempt to categorise each pathogen according to its likelihood of truly being of human origin. We further discuss those agents for which anthroponotic transmission is more likely. These include two viral (Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus), one bacterial (diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli), and two parasitic (Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis) pathogens. Finally, we identify the main drawbacks impairing research on anthroponotic pathogen transmission in wild great apes and propose research lines that may contribute to bridging current knowledge gaps. Vet Sci. 2022 Jul 13;9(7):356. 10.3390/vetsci9070356 2306-7381 Veterinary sciences 35878373 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/16046 Virus Bacteria Parasites Fungi Anthropic activities Zoonosis Disease transmission Animal diversity Conservation Infectious diseases Human-Borne Pathogens: Are They Threatening Wild Great Ape Populations?