High potential for zoonotic pathogen emergence through wildlife exposure in East Cameroon.

Jill-Léa Ramassamy, Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Patrick Nnuka, Richard Njouom, Antoine Gessain

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Article in One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Filovirus Surveillance in Communities Bordering Equatorial Guinea, Marburg Outbreak, Cameroon, 2023.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026
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Jill-Léa RamassamyUnité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France.

Chanceline Bilounga NdongoFaculté de Médecine et des Sciences Pharmaceutiques de l'Université de Douala, Cameroon.

Patrick NnukaDirection de la lutte contre les Maladies, les Epidémies et les Pandémies, Ministère de la Santé Publique, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Richard NjouomCentre Pasteur du Cameroun, Unité de Virologie, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Antoine GessainUnité d'Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, 28 Rue du Dr. Roux, F-75015 Paris, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zoonotic disease emergence is a major concern within the One Health framework, driven by close human-wildlife interactions. We surveyed 3400 individuals in East Cameroon, revealing widespread bushmeat consumption and frequent animal contacts with rodents, non-human primates and bats. Women were highly exposed, not only through butchering but also by accompanying hunters or during prolonged forest stays. Conducted in a region with known zoonotic virus circulation and past spillover events, this study provides valuable epidemiological data. Our findings underscore the persistent human-wildlife interface and the urgent need for targeted surveillance and prevention strategies to mitigate future spillover events.

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AfricaBushmeat consumptionCameroonGender rolesPygmyWildlife exposureZoonotic risk

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PMID41341270

DOI10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101275

PMCPMC12670444

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