Risk perceptions and behaviors of actors in the wild animal value chain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

作者：Ashley G. Lucas, Charles Kumakamba, Karen Saylors, Erby Obel, Reggiani Kamenga, Maria Makuwa, Catherine Clary, Guy Miningue, David J. McIver, Christian E. Lange, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Jean Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum · 发表于：PLoS ONE · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1371/journal.pone.0261601 · 被引用次数：27 · 研究领域：Zoonotic diseases and public health、Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research、Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which contains the greatest area of the second largest rainforest on Earth, people have long been connected to the forest for subsistence and livelihood from wild animals and bushmeat. This qualitative study sought to characterize the bushmeat movement-from hunting wild animals to market sale-and the roles of participants in the animal value chain, as well as their beliefs surrounding zoonotic disease and occupational risk. Actors in in eight bushmeat markets and two ports in Kinshasa, DRC completed semi-structured interviews between 2016 and 2018 in which they expressed belief in transmission of illness from domestic animals to humans, but not from wild animals to humans. Wild animals were viewed as pure and natural, in contrast to domestic animals which were considered tainted by human interference. Participants reported cutting themselves during the process of butchering yet did not consider butchering bushmeat to be a risky activity. Instead, they adopted safety practices learned over time from butchering experts and taught themselves how to butcher in a fashion that reduced the frequency of cutting. In general, butcherers rejected the idea of personal protective equipment use. Port markets were identified as important access points for meat coming from the Congo river and plane transport was identified as important for fresh and live meat coming from Équateur province. Most participants reported having heard about Ebola, but thei...