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cord-271979-a9u494tr	Wolfe, Nathan D.	Bushmeat Hunting, Deforestation, and Prediction of Zoonotic Disease	2005-12-17		.txt	text/plain	3314	152	44	Many new zoonoses are viruses that emerge as human and domestic animal populations come into increasing con-tact with wildlife hosts of potentially zoonotic pathogens (1) . The risk for emergence of new zoonotic agents from wildlife depends largely on 3 factors: 1) the diversity of wildlife microbes in a region (the "zoonotic pool" [5] ); 2) the effects of environmental change on the prevalence of pathogens in wild populations; and 3) the frequency of human and domestic animal contact with wildlife reservoirs of potential zoonoses. Despite the discovery of cooking ≈1.9 million years ago (9), the risk of zoonotic diseases emerging from hunting and eating wildlife is still of global importance because of increases in human population density, globalized trade, and consequent increased contact between humans and animals. Research in medical anthropology has begun to examine indigenous theories of infectious disease (15) and the cultural contexts within which diseases emerge (16), but little data exist on local perceptions of health or other risks associated with hunting and eating bushmeat.	./cache/cord-271979-a9u494tr.txt	./txt/cord-271979-a9u494tr.txt