Bushmeat hunting, deforestation, and prediction of zoonoses emergence.
Understanding the emergence of new zoonotic agents requires knowledge of pathogen biodiversity in wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, anthropogenic pressures on wildlife populations, and changes in society and human behavior. We discuss an interdisciplinary approach combining virology, wildlife biology, disease ecology, and anthropology that enables better understanding of how deforestation and associated hunting leads to the emergence of novel zoonotic pathogens.
Wolfe
Nathan D
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. nwolfe@jhsph.edu
Daszak
Peter
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Kilpatrick
A Marm
AM
Burke
Donald S
DS
D000818:Animals; D000883:Anthropology; D002163:Cameroon; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000191:economics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014197:Trees; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology