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Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective
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Tompkins, DM and Carver, S and Jones, ME and Krkosek, M and Skerratt, LF, Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife: a critical perspective, Trends in Parasitology, 31, (4) pp. 149-159. ISSN 1471-4922 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.pt.2015.01.007
Abstract
We review the literature to distinguish reports of vertebrate
wildlife disease emergence with sufficient evidence,
enabling a robust assessment of emergence
drivers. For potentially emerging agents that cannot
be confirmed, sufficient data on prior absence (or a prior
difference in disease dynamics) are frequently lacking.
Improved surveillance, particularly for neglected host
taxa, geographical regions and infectious agents, would
enable more effective management should emergence
occur. Exposure to domestic sources of infection and
human-assisted exposure to wild sources were identified
as the two main drivers of emergence across host
taxa; the domestic source was primary for fish while the
wild source was primary for other taxa. There was
generally insufficient evidence for major roles of other
hypothesized drivers of emergence.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | emerging infectious disease, wildlife |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Evolutionary biology |
Research Field: | Host-parasite interactions |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response) |
UTAS Author: | Carver, S (Dr Scott Carver) |
UTAS Author: | Jones, ME (Professor Menna Jones) |
ID Code: | 100176 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 132 |
Deposited By: | Zoology |
Deposited On: | 2015-05-06 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-01 |
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