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Chimpanzees are dying from our colds — these scientists are trying to save them
![Tourists look at and photograph a Mountain Gorilla of the Muhoza group in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-024-00108-6/d41586-024-00108-6_26620686.jpg)
Tourists on trips to view great apes often violate safety guidelines by not wearing masks and failing to stay 7 metres away from the animals. Credit: Edwin Remsberg/VWPics/UIG/Getty
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Nature 625, 442-446 (2024)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00108-6
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Correction 18 January 2024: An earlier version of this story erroneously stated that the Facebook post about the chimpanzee in Kibale was posted this year.
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