“…In this context, captive primates harbor many different parasites (Brack, ; Johnson‐Delaney, ; Lyles & Dobson, ; McPherson, ), some of which can infect humans and other animals (Ballou, ; Gyuranecz et al, ; Jones‐Engel et al, ; McPherson, ; Weigler, ). For example, research indicates that captive primates might be responsible for Leptospira and simian foamy virus infections among zookeepers (Romero, Astudillo, Sánchez, González, & Varela, ; Sandstrom et al, ). Similarly, monkeys and an employee tested seropositive for Reston Ebola virus at a quarantine facility in Virginia, and a young lab worker died tragically after acquiring herpes B virus from a macaque at a primate research center (CDC, ; Miranda et al, ).…”