ReviewOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2025
Public health risks of traditional zootherapeutic practices in Africa.
Review 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 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Systematic review of health risk assessment in Africa's bushmeat trade: Are there any risks assessed?PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Use of Animal-Derived Products for Medicinal and Belief-Based Purposes in Urban Cities of Southwestern Nigeria: A One Health Perspective.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
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Abstract
Over five billion people globally, primarily rely on a plant- and animal-based pharmacopoeia. The topical application, injection, or ingestion of animal products - such as excreta, blood, or meat - likely facilitates the spillover of zoonotic pathogens. Certain practices use species known to be involved in the transmission of pathogens of public health relevance, such as filoviruses, poxviruses, or coronaviruses. This article aims to review zootherapeutic practices and the public health risk they entail for the African continent. We first conducted a systematic review of the scientific literature published until July 30th, 2023. We then created a categorical score reflecting the risk of zoonotic pathogen spillover for each recorded practice and compared this risk between regions and demographic groups. A total of 53 studies were included, half of which were published between 2020 and 2023. Nigerian practices were comparatively well documented. The mean risk score linked to practices occurring in eastern Africa was significantly higher than that of practices occurring in central Africa (
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