Public health
WHO primates, vaccines, and conservation
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The 1971 WHO primate report tied vaccine science to zoonotic risk, exporting-country blame, and captive breeding.
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WHO primates, vaccines, and conservation
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The WHO held a 1971 Berne symposium on breeding primates for laboratory use.
In 1971, the World Health Organization (WHO) organized an international symposium in collaboration with the University of Berne and the Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute about the breeding of primates for laboratory use
In 1967, 7 laboratory workers died after contact with African green monkeys.
In 1967, seven laboratory workers were infected by and died of a virus after interacting with African green monkeys
Key findings
Marburg and wild-primate trade forced the WHO to treat animal health as public health. Hazardous primates were located in exporting countries. Captive breeding was sold as better animals and a way to keep imports until colonies existed.
Methodology
The article reconstructs Technical Report 470 and the Berne symposium, reading WHO drafts, stakeholder replies, and IUCN conservation talk.
Limitations
This is a history of WHO technical politics, not a virology paper or a census of today’s primate trade.
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