Reducing the risks of the wildlife trade

Science

Volumn 324, Issue 5927, 2009, Pages 594-595

  Smith, Katherine F ^a,b   Behrens, Michael ^c   Schloegel, Lisa M ^b,d   Marano, Nina ^e   Burgiel, Stas ^f   Daszak, Peter ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Global Invasive Species Programme   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NATIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MONKEYPOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROZYGOTE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; CARRIER STATE; COMMERCE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 65549099642     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1174460     Document Type: Short Survey

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18. Supported by the Cestone Foundation, the Eppley Foundation, a National Science Foundation Human and Social Dynamics "Agents of Change" award (BCS-0826779), the New York Community Trust, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Smith Fellowship Program, the Switzer Foundation, and the V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation. We thank G. Townsend of USFWS for help compiling LEMIS data. Opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.