Bushmeat is believed to
be the origin of the current Ebola outbreak. The first victim's family
hunted bats, which carry the virus. Could the practice of eating
bushmeat, which is popular across Africa, be responsible for the current
crisis?
The origin has been traced
to a two-year-old child from the village of Gueckedou in south-eastern
Guinea, an area where batmeat is frequently hunted and eaten. The infant, dubbed Child Zero, died on 6 December 2013. The child's family stated they had hunted two species of bat which carry the Ebola virus.
Bushmeat or wild animal meat covers any animal that is killed for consumption including antelopes, chimpanzees, fruit bats and rats. It can even include porcupines and snakes.
In some remote areas it is a necessary source of food - in others it has become a delicacy...Read more:http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29604204
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