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Caption: Chimpanzees living at Mahale Mountains National Park have been suffering from a respiratory disease that is likely caused by a variant of a human paramyxovirus.
Credit: Taranjit Kaur research group
Usage Restrictions: With report of Taranjit Kaur's chimpanzee research
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