ArticleTransboundary and emerging diseases2017
Screening for Viral Pathogens in African Simian Bushmeat Seized at A French Airport.
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- Systematic review of health risk assessment in Africa's bushmeat trade: Are there any risks assessed?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- A wide diversity of viruses detected in African mammals involved in the wild meat supply chain.PLoS pathogens · 2025Article
- Assessing the microbial diversity and proximate composition of smoked-fermented bushmeat from four different bushmeat samples.Biotechnologia · 2024Article
- A systematic review of the intercontinental movement of unregulated African meat imports into and through European border checkpoints.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Review
- A systematic mapping review of links between handling wild meat and zoonotic diseases.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Zoonoses in a changing world.Bioscience · 2023Article
- Illegal Wildlife Trade and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Pervasive Impacts to Species, Ecosystems and Human Health.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
- Detection of zoonotic pathogens in animals performed at the University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection (Marseille - France).One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Review
- Bushmeat Species Identification: Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) Combined with Lateral Flow (LF) Strip for Identification of Formosan Reeves' Muntjac (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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- From Hendra to Wuhan: what has been learned in responding to emerging zoonotic viruses.Lancet (London, England) · 2020Article
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- New Isolates of Pandoraviruses: Contribution to the Study of Replication Cycle Steps.Journal of virology · 2019Article
- Infectious Disease Risk Across the Growing Human-Non Human Primate Interface: A Review of the Evidence.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
- Investigations by the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection of food and food-borne infections in the Mediterranean Basin and in sub-Saharan Africa.New microbes and new infections · 2018Review
- A Large Open Pangenome and a Small Core Genome for Giant Pandoraviruses.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- Metagenomic Sequencing for Surveillance of Food- and Waterborne Viral Diseases.Frontiers in microbiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Illegal bushmeat traffic is an important threat to biodiversity conservation of several endangered species and may contribute to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in humans. The hunting, manipulation and consumption of wildlife-based products, especially those of primate origin, may be a threat to human health; however, few studies have investigated the role of bushmeat trade and consumption as a potential source of human infections to date. In this study, we report the screening of viral pathogens in African simian game seized by French customs at Toulouse Blagnac Airport. Epifluorescence microscopy revealed the presence of virus-like particles in the samples, and further metagenomic sequencing of the DNA and RNA viromes confirmed the presence of sequences related to the Siphoviridae, Myoviridae and Podoviridae bacteriophage families; some of them infecting bacterial hosts that could be potentially pathogenic for humans. To increase the sensitivity of detection, twelve pan-generic PCRs targeting several viral zoonoses were performed, but no positive signal was detected. A large-scale inventory of bacteria, viruses and parasites is urgently needed to globally assess the risk for human health of the trade, manipulation and consumption of wildlife-related bushmeat.
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