Primatology and one health: Two disciplines destined to come together

Abstract

In 1999, Janette Wallis and Rick Lee (1999) published a paper titled "Primate Conservation: The Prevention of Disease Transmission." This paper would become very influential to many of us interested in the interface of primates, humans, and disease. Their paper was the first to discuss disease outbreaks at primate research sites globally and suggested that some of these may have been caused by human pathogens. They also suggested the introduction of protocols at