NONHUMAN PRIMATE DISEASES BACTERIAL DISEASES  | TUBERCULOSIS Etiology: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis. Transmission: TB is rare in wild NHP populations that live far from humans, more common in monkeys with close human contact. Direct contact, contact with respiratory or oral secretions, aerosols, ingestion, fomites. Significance: More common in OWM that NWM. Rare in prosimians. NHP [...]