@misc{10481/98678,
year = {2024},
month = {1},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/98678},
abstract = {Wildlife hunting and trade creates numerous direct human–animal contact
opportunities that can facilitate transmission of zoonotic diseases
pantropically. Yet, there is a lack of knowledge of which species and areas
have a high risk of zoonotic disease spillover due to wildlife hunting and
trade.We combined maps of hunting pressure, recent data sets on humanshared
pathogens, and trade volumes for 614 mammalian host species to
map zoonotic disease risk fromwildlife hunting and trade pantropically.We
also assessed the relationship between zoonotic disease risk from hunting
and probability of emerging zoonotic diseases using generalised least
square regression. We identified hotspots of zoonotic disease risk from
hunting in central America, China, and central Africa. When considering
wildlife trade frequency, high risk occurs in southern Africa and China.
Zoonotic disease risk from wildlife hunting aligns significantly with the risk
of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases, suggesting that hunting is a key
driver of zoonotic disease outbreaks of pandemic potential. Interventions
that regulate the hunting of host species and considers the socioeconomic
motivations behind hunting could reduce the risk of zoonotic disease
spillover.},
organization = {Singapore Ministry of Education of
Singapore Tier 1 grant,
Grant/Award Number: A‐0004770‐00‐00},
organization = {Ramón y Cajal grant,
Grant/Award Number: RYC2021‐031737‐I},
organization = {EMERGIA grant, Grant/Award Number:
EMERGIA20_00252},
publisher = {Wiley Online Library},
keywords = {hunting},
keywords = {infectious diseases},
keywords = {mammals},
title = {Hotspots of zoonotic disease risk from wildlife hunting and trade in the tropics},
doi = {10.1002/inc3.34},
author = {Choo, Jacqueline and Nghiem, Le T. P. and Chng, Serene and Carrasco, Luis R. and Benítez-López, Ana},
}