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WHO primates, vaccines, and conservation

Druglitrø T · Journal of the history of biology · 2023

Open access · cc by · source: Europe PMC

The 1971 WHO primate report tied vaccine science to zoonotic risk, exporting-country blame, and captive breeding.

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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