Community health and human-animal contacts on the edges of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Cross-species transmission of pathogens is intimately linked to human and environmental health. With limited healthcare and challenging living conditions, people living in poverty may be particularly susceptible to endemic and emerging diseases. Similarly, wildlife is impacted by human influences, including pathogen sharing, especially for species in close contact with people and domesticated animals. Here we investigate human and animal contacts and human health in a community living around the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), Uganda. We used contact and health survey data to identify opportunities for cross-species pathogen transmission, focusing mostly on people and the endangered mountain gorilla. We conducted a survey with background questions and self-reported diaries to inv

SUBMITTER: Muylaert RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612581 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature