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Contact in context: Animal profiles, human activities, and land use histories shape human-animal contacts with implications for zoonotic spillover in the Democratic Republic of Congo

2025-12-11 public and global health Title + abstract only
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Pathogenic spillovers from animals into humans have catalyzed epidemics throughout history. They result from multiple factors. One such factor, human-animal contact, remains poorly understood. Current studies often neglect variability in human-animal engagements across ecological zones and the broader processes bringing people, animals, and pathogens into engagement. We investigated factors and longer-term processes shaping human-animal contacts and risks of zoonotic spillover in a region experi...

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