Mountain Gorillas Infected by Human Virus for the First Time

[JColt]

A virus called human metapneumovirus (HMPV) infected several gorillas and even killed two in 2009


http://www.dailytech.com/Mountain+G...man+Virus+for+the+First+Time/article21250.htm

 

[zonbonzovi]

Interesting stuff...makes me wonder if it wasn't disease rather than hostility that sank hominid populations living concurrently with our near ancestors.