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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz +6 more
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A SOME ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EBOLA VIRUS IN NATURAL FOCIES
Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2018 Ebola virus that composed Ebolavirus genus of Filoviridae Family causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans with high case-fatality rates (up to 90%).
T. E. Sizikova +5 more
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Organisation of Health Care During an Outbreak of Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 1999. [PDF]
, 2004 Organising health care was one of the tasks of the International Scientific and Technical Committee during the 1998-1999 outbreak in Durba/Watsa, in the north-eastern province (Province Orientale), Democratic Republic of Congo.
Borchert, M +10 more
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The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li +14 more
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Ten years after the Ebola outbreak: Lessons, progress, and preparedness and response in West Africa
Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: The 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa was the largest in history, exposing critical weaknesses in surveillance, health systems, and cross-border coordination.
Virgil Kuassi Lokossou +4 more
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Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Wildmeat is a vital natural resource globally, which must be managed sustainably to avoid livelihood insecurity, species decline and biodiversity loss. Women have a pivotal role in harvesting, processing and distributing wildmeat, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
Jasmin Willis Key +12 more
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Ethics and etiquette in an emergency vaccine trial. The orchestration of compliance
Global Bioethics, 2020 Participant non-compliance and withdrawal from randomized clinical trials has increased focus on analysing the results from the “per-protocol” population that complies with a trial’s protocols.
Arsenii Alenichev
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The risk of transmission of a viral haemorrhagic fever infection in a United Kingdom laboratory [PDF]
, 2017 No abstract ...
Shorten, Robert J., Wilson-Davies, Eleri
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract In Central Africa, human activities are severely impacting terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, threatening the food security of millions of people. Accordingly, sustainable use of wildlife is crucial for the nutrition and livelihoods of many rural communities in the region.
Zolo Admettons +9 more
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Medicine Anthropology Theory, 2018 Viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) persist in darkness. The pathogenicity of viruses like Lassa, Marburg, and Ebola is partly explained by their ability to survive on surfaces outside their infected hosts, provided they are not exposed to heat ...
Ann H. Kelly, Almudena Marí Sáez
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