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Is HIV/AIDS jeopardizing biodiversity?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2009

DYLAN KENNETH MCGARRY  and
CHARLIE MICHAEL SHACKLETON
DYLAN KENNETH MCGARRY*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
CHARLIE MICHAEL SHACKLETON
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa
*
*Correspondence: Mr D. K. McGarry Tel: +27 78 032 6047 e-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

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.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 5 - 7
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 2009

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