I have a friend in the KWS (Kenya Wildlife Services)...from what he told me that it looks like the baboons have the human strain of syphillis. So in this case its more like the disease jumping from humans to animals..... Wonder how it made the jump in the first place ; ) --ashok On 05/08/2003 04:52:57 PM Madhu Menon wrote: >http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993694 > >Let's hope THIS virus never mutates and affects humans. >