Human-animal contact and zoonotic exposure from wild and domestic animals: A cross-sectional study in wildlife-rich areas of Bolivia, Chile, and Guatemala
Caroline Kuhn, Katja Radon, Fabiana Marcela Pérez Morales, Marcia Adler, Carlos Fernando Pinto Navia, María Soledad Burrone, Carlos Roberto Vásquez-Almazán, Denise Siqueira de Carvalho, María Teresa Solis Soto · 2026
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Contact with animals is near-universal in wildlife-rich parts of Latin America, Kuhn and co-authors survey in a 2026 study. Close to twenty-four hundred people in Bolivia, Chile, and Guatemala answered questions on touch, indirect contact, and foodborne routes to germs from pets, farm animals, and wild species.
Ninety-two in a hundred reported contact with domestic animals. An exposure index weights contact types by known risks for rabies, brucellosis, and cattle tuberculosis. Models link exposure to social traits and to what people know about zoonotic disease. Such maps can aim vet and health outreach at the contact points that matter most, before outbreaks start.
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| CREATOR | Caroline Kuhn, Katja Radon, Fabiana Marcela Pérez Morales, Marcia Adler, Carlos Fernando Pinto Navia, María Soledad Burrone, Carlos Roberto Vásquez-Almazán, Denise Siqueira de Carvalho, María Teresa Solis Soto |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |