Evidence Gap Map: Wildlife Trade, Human Infectious Diseases, & Zoonoses - Dr. Cáceres-Escobar
Dr. Hernán Cáceres-Escobar (@hcacesc) presented on the Evidence Gap Map:
Roles and Risks of Wildlife Trade in the Emergence of Human Infectious Diseases & Zoonoses.
The project is part of the IUCN SSC 'Situation analysis on the roles and risks of wildlife in the emergence of human infectious diseases'. "The map will be made publicly available and interested parties will have access to a visual presentation of knowledge of the role of wildlife trade on human infectious diseases. Through this, it is possible to graphically highlight the gaps in evidence and the areas which there is sufficient research for evidence synthesis." - Project Protocol (source below)
Dr. Cáceres-Escobar's team used Sysrev for the primary assessment of their iterative research approach. The team defined two questions for the primary assessment over 5000 articles:
1) Does the publication relate to a human disease outbreak
2) Did the human disease occur (either presumed, suspected, or confirmed, within wildlife trade context (legal or illegal)
You can find the project here: https://sysrev.com/u/249/p/43801
Dr. Hernán Cáceres-Escobar (@hcacesc) is a veterinarian and conservation scientist studying the relationships between anthropogenic-driven environmental change, biodiversity loss, and emerging infectious diseases. In this context, early reports on the emergence of COVID-19 in the Wuhan Seafood Market led to this research project, in which the aim is to assess the role of wildlife trade as a driver of human diseases.
Project Protocol: https://figshare.com/articles/online_...