mission team publications press about data
  Nature
“Origins of major human infectious diseases”
Many of the major human infectious diseases, including some now confined to humans and absent from animals, are ‘new’ ones that arose only after the origins of agriculture. Where did they come from? download pdf ›
     
  The Lancet
“Naturally acquired simian retrovirus infections in central African hunters”
Hunting and butchering of wild non-human primates infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is thought to have sparked the HIV pandemic.
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  PNAS
"Emergence of unique primate T-lymphotropic viruses among central African bushmeat hunters"
Understanding the emergence of new zoonotic agents requires knowledge of pathogen biodiversity in wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, anthropogenic pressures on wildlife populations, and changes in society and human behavior. download pdf ›
     
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
“Bushmeat Hunting, Deforestation, and Prediction of Zoonotic Disease Emergence”
Understanding the emergence of new zoonotic agents requires knowledge of pathogen biodiversity in wildlife, human-wildlife interactions, anthropogenic pressures on wildlife populations, and changes in society and human behavior.
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