Local disease – ecosystem – livelihood dynamics: Reflections from comparative case studies in Africa

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1725, 2017, Pages

  Leach, Melissa ^a   Bett, Bernard ^b   Said, M ^b   Bukachi, Salome ^c   Sang, Rosemary ^d   Anderson, Neil ^e   Machila, Noreen ^f   Kuleszo, Joanna ^g   Schaten, Kathryn ^h   Dzingirai, Vupenyu ⁱ   Mangwanya, Lindiwe ⁱ   Ntiamoa Baidu, Yaa ^j   Lawson, Elaine ^j   Amponsah Mensah, Kofi ^j   Moses, Lina M ^k   Wilkinson, Annie ^a   Grant, Donald S ^l   Koninga, James ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^k TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l Kenema Government Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

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Author keywords

Africa; Disease; Ecosystem; Livelihoods; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FUELWOOD; LIVELIHOOD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PASTORALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; VIRUS;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ECOSYSTEM; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; ONE HEALTH; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; ONE HEALTH; PREVALENCE; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85020426924     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0163     Document Type: Article

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