A systematic review and analysis of health risks associated with zootherapeutic practices in Africa

The systematic review (hold Ctrl/Cmd and click to open in a new tab) was conducted in the following steps:

1. Using 'f_Web_scrap.py' and the search terms described in the methods, we retrieved peer-reviewed articles from scientific literature databases (PubMed and Google Scholar). We complemented this search with a reference list search of studies published up to July 30th, 2023.

2. We screened and selected studies (see Methods) and extracted data on an excel sheet (please contact Léa Fourchault lfourchault@naturalsciences.be for access to the raw data).

3. We attributed a risk score to each practice recorded on the excel sheet using 'f_Data_transformation.py' and categories described in the Methods.

4. We conducted the analysis on the resulting dataset using ‘Metadata_health_simplified.R’ and ‘Main_health_simplified.R’.