Orangutan
Category: editorial September 26, 2019. Credit:DESCRIPTION (EN)
Two of the four East Kalimantan orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus morio) released by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) to the Kehje Sewen Forest on Thursday 26/9 used to have had hepatitis B for years. Arman (22 years) and Randy (27 years) were detected suffering from Orangutan hepadnavirus, a hepatitis virus that attacks orangutans. The existence of a nesting and damaging liver virus was immediately discovered when Arman arrived in Samboja Lestari in August 1998. -JP / courtesy of BOSF / Adi / 19
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Dua dari empat orangutan kalimantan timur (Pongo pygmaeus morio) yang dilepasliarkan Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) ke Hutan Kehje Sewen Kamis 26/9 dulunya penderita hepatitis B selama bertahun-tahun. Adalah Arman (22 tahun) dan Randy (27 tahun) yang terdeteksi menderita Orangutan hepadnavirus, virus hepatitis yang menyerang orangutan. Keberadaan virus yang bersarang dan merusak hati itu segera diketahui saat Arman tiba di Samboja Lestari pada Agustus 1998. -JP/courtesy of BOSF/Adi/19
