Authorities have been trying to crack down on the smuggling of meat from certain animals for years. Some people see the meat from animals such as bats, monkeys, and rodents as a food delicacy, but the ...

Serological analyses on nearly 800 monkeys hunted in rainforests of Cameroon, sold on the markets as bushmeat or kept as pets showed a high rate of cross-reactivity with HIV antigens, more than 16%.

NEW YORK, New York, January 10, 2012 (ENS) – Evidence of retroviruses and herpes viruses in illegally imported wildlife meat products confiscated at U.S. international airports has been found using ...

People in Central Africa who hunt monkeys and great apes are routinely being infected by retroviruses, the class of viruses that includes HIV. An international team of researchers from Cameroon and ...

Bushmeat, a highly valued commodity in Africa, may expose Americans to an HIV-like virus, among other deadly and infectious diseases, according to the Grio.com. According to scientists and wildlife ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Revealing new details about the origins of AIDS, scientists said on Monday half the lineages of the main type of human immunodeficiency virus, HIV-1, originated in gorillas in ...

NEW YORK --The origin of AIDS is a mystery that twists through the forests of Africa and into the bowels of a supercomputer in New Mexico. It pits hypotheses, scientists and one persistent journalist ...

Two gorillas are pictured in their enclosure at the zoo in Los Angeles, California in this file photo taken January 28, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ...