Monkeypox reported in chimp at Mefou Primate Sanctuary in Cameroon

A chimpanzee that died at a Cameroon sanctuary has tested positive for monkeypox earlier this month, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) last week. A group of 22 chimpanzees, including the dead animal, used to live in a 3-hectares enclosure isolated from the other compartments of the Mefou Primate Sanctuary. the Cameroon network of Animal diseases ["]