Incentives for Bushmeat Consumption and Importation among West African Immigrants, Minnesota, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Walz, Emily ; Wilson, David ; Stauffer, Jacob C. ; Wanduragala, Danushka ; Stauffer, William M. ; Travis, Dominic A. ; Alpern, Jonathan D.
• Description:
  The knowledge, attitudes, and practices surrounding bushmeat consumption and importation in the United States are not well described. Focus groups of West African persons living in Minnesota, USA, found that perceived risks are low and unlikely to deter consumers. Incentives for importation and consumption were multifactorial in this community.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Animals Animals, Wild Carnivora Chiroptera Emigrants And Immigrants Feeding Behavior Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Male Meat Primates Rodentia Social Stigma

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 23(12):2095-2097.
• Pubmed ID:
  29148387
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5708257
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Africa, Western ; Liberia ; Minnesota
• Location:
  Africa ; Africa ; North America
• Volume:
  23
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f046ec5a095bd1f1e8e0fb6995bbed8859f4a33787613a5b54afcc1a56fa611e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/50188/cdc_50188_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 374.23 KB ]