ArticleThe Science of the total environment2019
Toward a quantification of risks at the nexus of conservation and health: The case of bushmeat markets in Lao PDR.
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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
- Key Factors That Enable the Pandemic Potential of RNA Viruses and Inter-Species Transmission: A Systematic Review.Viruses · 2021Pooled it
- Genomic characterization of LaoThe Journal of general virology · 2026Article
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- Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.Cell · 2024Article
- Scaling up One Health: A network analysis in Lao PDR.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Article
- Consumer knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour regarding food safety - A perspective from Laos.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Diversity and prevalence of zoonotic infections at the animal-human interface of primate trafficking in Peru.PloS one · 2024Article
- Human-animal entanglements in bushmeat trading in Sierra Leone: An ethnographic assessment of a potential zoonotic interface.PloS one · 2024Article
- One Health in Agricultural Sectors in Thailand, Lao PDR, and Vietnam: Interconnectedness Between Awareness and Socioeconomic Factors.International journal of public health · 2024Article
- Longitudinal comparison of bacterial pathogen seropositivity among wet market vendors in the Lao People's Democratic Republic.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2023Article
- Genetic tracing of market wildlife and viruses at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Risk assessment and preventive health behaviours toward COVID-19 amongst bushmeat handlers in Nigerian wildlife markets: Drivers and One Health challenge.Acta tropica · 2022Article
- Zoonotic Pathogens in Wildlife Traded in Markets for Human Consumption, Laos.Emerging infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 Related Coronaviruses Circulating in Sunda pangolins (Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Preservative chemicals as a new health risk related to traditional medicine markets in western Africa.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021Article
- Bushmeat, wet markets, and the risks of pandemics: Exploring the nexus through systematic review of scientific disclosures.Environmental science & policy · 2021Review
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Abstract
Trade of bushmeat and other wildlife for human consumption presents a unique set of challenges to policy-makers who are confronted with multiple trade-offs between conservation, food security, food safety, culture and tradition. In the face of these complex issues, risk assessments supported by quantitative information would facilitate evidence-based decision making. We propose a conceptual model for disease transmission risk analysis, inclusive of these multiple other facets. To quantify several processes included in this conceptual model we conducted questionnaire surveys with wildlife consumers and vendors in semi-urban centers in Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, Laos) and direct observations of consumer behaviors. Direct observation of market stalls indicated an estimated average of 10 kg bushmeat biomass per stall per hour. The socio-demographic data suggested that consumption of bushmeat in urban areas was not for subsistence but rather driven by dietary preference and tradition. Consumer behavioral observations indicated that each animal receives an average of 7 contacts per hour. We provide other key parameters to estimate the risk of disease transmission from bushmeat consumption and illustrate their use in assessing the total public health and socio-economic impact of bushmeat consumption. Pursuing integrative approaches to the study of bushmeat consumption is essential to develop effective and balanced policies that support conservation, public health, and rural development goals.
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