Biodiversité

Utilisés comme main d'œuvre depuis l'Antiquité, objet de convoitise du marché extrêmement lucratif et illégal du braconnage ou tout simplement compagnons de vie; les animaux font partie intégrante de nos sociétés et de fait, de nos économies.

Zoonotic viruses infect people directly most often when they handle live primates, bats, and other wildlife (or their meat) or indirectly from farm animals such as chickens and pigs. The risks are higher than ever (2, 3) as increasingly intimate associations between humans and wildlife disease reservoirs accelerate the potential for viruses to spread globally. Here, we assess the cost of monitoring and preventing disease spillover driven by the unprecedented loss and fragmentation of tropical forests and by the burgeoning wildlife trade.