A deadly virus in monkeys with Ebola-like symptoms is "poised for spillover" to humans posing the threat of a pandemic, warn scientists.
A University of Colorado Boulder team are watching the simian hemorrhagic fever virus (SHFV) closely and are appealing for vigilance as it is evoking parallels to HIV which originated in African monkeys.
The animal virus has reportedly figured out how to gain access to human cells, multiply itself and evade significant immune mechanisms we rely on to defend against an animal virus.
