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...
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Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-07-01
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021017953 |