- Title
- Is HIV/AIDS jeopardizing biodiversity?
- Creator
- McGarry, Dylan K
- Creator
- Shackleton, Charlie M
- Date Issued
- 2009
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:6642
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006871
- Description
- The scourge of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is most prevalent in southern Africa. South Africa has the highest number of people in the world living with HIV/AIDS and a prevalence rate of over 30 % for females presenting at antenatal clinics. There are now almost five million orphans within southern Africa, as a result of AIDS deaths of one or more or their parents. AIDS-related mortality and morbidity of care-givers may lead to increased reliance on wild sources of animal protein by surviving children. This increase in hunting pressure has unknown, but potentially important impacts on local animal populations.
- Format
- 3 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- McGarry, D. K. and Shackleton, C.M. (2009) Is HIV/AIDS jeopardizing biodiversity? Environmental Conservation, 36 (1). pp. 5-7. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0376892909005335
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