2.3. Collection of primate samples
Tissue samples were obtained from carcasses found mainly in Taï NP, C^ote d'Ivoire. Furthermore, necropsy samples were collected from 93 wild primates from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Additional 16 tissue samples were obtained from sanctuaries from Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Uganda, and two German zoos (Table 1). Finally, 13 fecal samples were collected without disturbing the animals within 2e3 min after defecation and fixed in 96% ethanol.