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Global hotspots and correlates of emerging zoonotic diseases

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ID23317328
AuthorsToph Allen (0000-0003-4580-091X, EcoHealth Alliance), Keith A Murray (0000-0002-8382-0674, Imperial Consultants), Kris A Murray, Carlos Zambrana‐Torrelio (0000-0002-5614-7496, EcoHealth Alliance), Stephen S Morse (0000-0002-5434-5683, Columbia University), Carlo Rondinini (0000-0002-6617-018X, Sapienza University of Rome), Moreno Di Marco (0000-0002-8902-4193, The University of Queensland), Nathan Breit (EcoHealth Alliance), Kevin J Olival (0000-0003-3211-1875, EcoHealth Alliance), Peter Daszak (0000-0002-2046-5695, EcoHealth Alliance, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume8
Issue1
Pages1124-1124
Publication date2017-10-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNature Communications (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2041-1723 • E-ISSN: 2041-1723
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1038/s41467-017-00923-8
PMID29066781
OpenAlexW2765563228
LanguageEN
Citations received98
References cited59

Zoonoses originating from wildlife represent a significant threat to global health, security and economic growth, and combatting their emergence is a public health priority. However, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying their emergence remains rudimentary. Here we update a global database of emerging infectious disease (EID) events, create a novel measure of reporting effort, and fit boosted regression tree models to analyze the demographic, environmental and biological correlates of their occurrence. After accounting for reporting effort, we show that zoonotic EID risk is elevated in forested tropical regions experiencing land-use changes and where wildlife biodiversity (mammal species richness) is high. We present a new global hotspot map of spatial variation in our zoonotic EID risk index, and partial dependence plots illustrating relationships between events and predictors. Our results may help to improve surveillance and long-term EID monitoring programs, and design field experiments to test underlying mechanisms of zoonotic disease emergence.

Biodiversity · Biodiversity hotspot · Biology · Environmental health · Environmental resource management · Geography · Public health · Species richness · Wildlife · Wildlife trade · Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Ecology · Environmental Science · Medicine · Zoonotic diseases and public health

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