1. Resources

Please review information in Section 2 for accessing ProMED-mail articles.

"Bushmeat" and the Orign of HIV/AIDS - a Congressional Briefing. http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/biobrief.html

Bushmeat and the origin of HIV AIDS. http://www.eesi.org/publications/02.19.02bushmeat.pdf

Bushmeat, endangered species. 11 Apr 2000. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org

Illegal imports, bushmeat - UK. 5 Sep 2004. ProMED-mail. http://www.isid.org

Bushmeat Crisis Task Force. http://www.bushmeat.org/

The Bushmeat Project. http://bushmeat.net/

Wildlife and Food Security in Africa. http://www.fao.org/docrep/w7540e/w7540e00.htm

AZA Special Issue on the Bushmeat Crisis. http://www.aza.org/

Great apes in peril - BBC news story. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1341609.stm

Congo gorilla numbers halved - BBC News story. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1338646.stm

Risk to Human Health from a Plethora of Simian Immunodeficiency Viruses in Primate Bushmeat. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no5/01-0522-G2.htm OR access CDC Website, http://www.cdc.gov, click on Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal under Publications and Products, type in plethora of simian immunodeficiency viruses in search box, click on appropriate article

Ebola Strikes in Gabon - AWI Quarterly. http://www.awionline.org/pubs/Quarterly/winter02/ebola.htm

2. ProMED-mail Citations

ProMED - Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases - is an Internet-based reporting system dedicated to rapid global dissemination of information on outbreaks of infectious diseases and acute exposures to toxins that affect human health, including those in animals and in plants grown for food or animal feed. A team of expert human, plant, and animal disease moderators screen, review, and investigate reports before posting to the network. ProMED-mail is open to all sources and free of political constraints. Sources of information include media reports, official reports, online summaries, local observers, and others. A central purpose of ProMED-mail is to promote communication amongst the international infectious disease community, including scientists, physicians, epidemiologists, public health professionals, and others interested in infectious diseases on a global scale.