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

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 cons...

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Autores principales: Walz, Emily, Wilson, David, Stauffer, Jacob C., Wanduragala, Danushka, Stauffer, William M., Travis, Dominic A., Alpern, Jonathan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708257/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29148387
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170563
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author Walz, Emily
Wilson, David
Stauffer, Jacob C.
Wanduragala, Danushka
Stauffer, William M.
Travis, Dominic A.
Alpern, Jonathan D.
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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.
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spelling pubmed-57082572017-12-09 Incentives for Bushmeat Consumption and Importation among West African Immigrants, Minnesota, USA Walz, Emily Wilson, David Stauffer, Jacob C. Wanduragala, Danushka Stauffer, William M. Travis, Dominic A. Alpern, Jonathan D. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-12 /pmc/articles/PMC5708257/ /pubmed/29148387 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2312.170563 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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