Is that a rodent in your luggage? A mixed method approach to describe bushmeat importation into the United States

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-104

  Bair Brake, H ^a   Bell, T ^a,b   Higgins, A ^a   Bailey, N ^c   Duda, M ^d   Shapiro, S ^a   Eves, H E ^e   Marano, N ^a   Galland, G ^a  

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

^b Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists   (United States)

^c Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group   (United States)

^d Responsive Management   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African wildlife; Bushmeat; Confiscation; Focus group; Importation; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN WILDLIFE; BUSHMEAT; CONFISCATION; FOCUS GROUP; IMPORTATION; ZOONOSES;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENTIA; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84893825469     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12050     Document Type: Article

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