Global Health Seminar Series

Sarah Paige. In sub-Saharan Africa, bushmeat hunting is considered to be the primary risk factor for human-wildlife contact and zoonotic viral transmission. However, hunting is only one of a variety of activities in that region that bring people and wildlife into direct contact. Here we examine human-animal contact in western Uganda. Our goal is to describe alternate patterns of contact between people and animals, and to identify demographic risk factors for contact and injury.