Participation of women and children in hunting activities in Sierra Leone and implications for control of zoonotic infections.

• Main Authors: Jesse Bonwitt (Author), Martin Kandeh (Author), Michael Dawson (Author), Rashid Ansumana (Author), Foday Sahr (Author), Ann H Kelly (Author), Hannah Brown (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The emergence of infectious diseases of zoonotic origin highlights the need to understand social practices at the animal-human interface. This study provides a qualitative account of interactions between humans and wild animals in predominantly Mende villages of southern Sierra Leone. We conducted f...