Even though the virus was first discovered in laboratory monkeys in 1958, the original source came from a squirrel.

What is B virus and is it fatal? The B virus, also known as the human simiae virus, usually spreads from macaque monkeys to people. Macaques are easily infected but usually develop no symptoms or ...

The monkeys, imported for research, arrived infected with a mysterious rain-forest virus thought to be the deadliest ever known — a virus, Richard Preston writes, that "does in ten days what it ...

Scientists searched for the mysterious animal host for decades. After years of study, a bit of luck, and one infected monkey, they finally found the answer.

Science has progressed greatly since the 1960s when OHSU first started its primate research center, writes Neal D. Barnard, ...

Monkeys infected with Ebola can be cured with a pill, according to a new study that could pave the way for more practical, affordable treatments in humans. First identified in 1976 and thought to have ...

KFD cases were reported in Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru in Karnataka. Health officials have issued alerts in high-risk areas ...