Stark, Danica J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3828-4518
Fornace, Kimberly M.
Brock, Patrick M.
Abidin, Tommy Rowel
Gilhooly, Lauren
Jalius, Cyrlen
Goossens, Benoit
Drakeley, Chris J.
Salgado-Lynn, Milena
Funding for this research was provided by:
Environmental and Social Ecology of Human Infectious Disease Initiative (G1100796)
Article History
Received: 30 May 2018
Revised: 11 January 2019
Accepted: 22 January 2019
First Online: 29 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable institutional and/or national guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. All macaque handling was carried out in accordance with the current laws of Malaysia and Sabah Wildlife Department’s Standard Operation Procedures on Animal Capture, Anaesthesia and Welfare. Permission for macaque sampling was granted by the Sabah Wildlife Department, the Sabah Biodiversity Council and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Animal Welfare and Ethical Review Board. The macaque work carried out during this study was in accordance with the Weatherall report and followed the guidelines for non-human primates as described by Unwin et al. (CitationRef removed). All efforts were made to ensure the welfare and reduce stress of the animals, with the addition of full personal protective equipment worn by all team members throughout the process to prevent human primate disease transmission.