Bushmeat Database

The searchable Bushmeat Database contains more than 700 citations, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books and book chapters, technical papers, reports and conference proceedings. Citations include direct DOI-based links to the articles on the original journal or publisher’s website. To see the data displayed in a visual format, visit the Bushmeat Data Map.


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Author
Year

Bushmeat hunting, deforestation, and prediction of zoonotic disease emergence
Author
Wolfe, N. D.; Daszak, P.; Kilpatrick, A. M.; Burke, D. S.
Year
2005
Secondary Title
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume
11
Pages
1822-1827
Abstract
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.
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