No need to beat around the bushmeat–The role of wildlife trade and conservation initiatives in the emergence of zoonotic diseases
Wildlife species constitute a vast and uncharted reservoir of zoonotic pathogens that can pose a severe threat to global human health. Zoonoses have become increasingly impactful over the past decades, and the expanding trade in wildlife is unarguably among the most significant risk factors for thei...
Main Authors: | M.H. Hilderink, I.I. de Winter |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2021-07-01
|
Series: | Heliyon |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021017953 |
Similar Items
-
Zoonotic Pathogens in Wildlife Traded in Markets for Human Consumption, Laos
by: Pruksa Nawtaisong, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01) -
Exploring market-based wildlife trade dynamics in Bangladesh
by: Nasir Uddin, et al.
Published: (2024-01-01) -
The bushmeat trade in northern Ghana: market dynamics, drivers of trade and implications for conservation
by: Hannah N.K. Sackey, et al.
Published: (2023-03-01) -
A tool for rapid assessment of wildlife markets in the Asia-Pacific Region for risk of future zoonotic disease outbreaks
by: Eric Wikramanayake, et al.
Published: (2021-12-01) -
Wildlife as Source of Zoonotic Infections
by: Hilde Kruse, et al.
Published: (2004-12-01)