2025
Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria
Akpan S, van Hooft P, Happi A, Buij R, van Langevelde F, Cook E, Hassell J, Zimmerman D, Masudi S, Happi C, Thomas L. Structure, conservation and health implications of urban wild meat value chains: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria. One Health 2025, 20: 100992. PMID: 40040920, PMCID: PMC11876908, DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.100992.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeat value chainValue chainWild meatComplex market systemsMost populous cityDry seasonFormal governanceLarge-scale retailersReservoirs of zoonotic pathogensGender sensitivitySpillover riskGovernance structuresActor characteristicsActors’ activitiesActorsWild meat tradeMarket systemGovernmentPublic health interventionsMeatCultural beliefsZoonotic pathogensWildlife speciesConservation challenges
2021
A scoping review of rodent-borne pathogen presence, exposure, and transmission at zoological institutions
Hardgrove E, Zimmerman DM, von Fricken ME, Deem S. A scoping review of rodent-borne pathogen presence, exposure, and transmission at zoological institutions. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2021, 193: 105345. PMID: 34090722, DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical outcomesRodent-borne pathogensInfectious agentsAggregate literatureBiological AbstractsFeeder rodentsStudy identifiersDiagnostic testsEarly detectionFinal analysisRodent reservoirsZoonotic diseaseAdditional screeningCAB AbstractsRodentsZoonotic pathogensDisease transmissionDiseaseExposureNumber of rodentsJob titlesPathogensSurveillancePathogen transmissionCollection animals
2019
A Review of Zoonotic Pathogens of Dromedary Camels
Zhu S, Zimmerman D, Deem SL. A Review of Zoonotic Pathogens of Dromedary Camels. EcoHealth 2019, 16: 356-377. PMID: 31140075, PMCID: PMC7087575, DOI: 10.1007/s10393-019-01413-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZoonotic diseaseNon-domestic speciesDisease-causing agentsMajor zoonotic diseaseDromedary camelsRift Valley feverBeasts of burdenProduction animalsBiosecurity protocolsCrimean-Congo hemorrhagic feverZoonotic pathogensSpillover eventsCamel Camelus dromedariusYersinia pestisProlonged droughtArid areasArid regionsCamel herdsHuman demandsValley feverCamel populationsCamelus dromedariusProtein sourceEchinococcus granulosusCamels
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