Hunting-related pathogen exposure not just for adult males
Thursday, July 27, 2017 - 14:02
in Biology & Nature
Hunting and slaughtering wild animals in Western and Central Africa can put humans at risk of contracting zoonotic infections, including Ebola virus and Lassa virus. While previous studies have suggested that this risky hunting behavior is mostly limited to adult males, a new study finds that women and children also participate.