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Environmental monitoring to enhance comprehension and control of infectious diseases
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Carver, SS and Kilpatrick, AM and Kuenzi, A and Douglass, R and Ostfeld, RS and Weinstein, P, Environmental monitoring to enhance comprehension and control of infectious diseases, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 12 pp. 2048-2055. ISSN 1464-0325 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
In a world of emerging and resurging infectious diseases, dominated by zoonoses, environmental
monitoring plays a vital role in our understanding their dynamics and their spillover to humans. Here,
we critically review the ecology, epidemiology and need for monitoring of a variety of directly
transmitted (Sin Nombre virus, Avian Influenza) and vector-borne (Ross River virus, West Nile virus,
Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis) zoonoses. We focus on the valuable role that existing
monitoring plays in the understanding of these zoonoses, the demands for new monitoring, and how
improvements can be made to existing monitoring. We also identify the fruitful outcomes which would
result from implementation of the monitoring demands we have highlighted. This review aims to
promote improvements in our understanding of zoonoses, their management, and public health by
encouraging discussion among researchers and public health officials.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Ecology |
Research Field: | Ecology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
Objective Field: | Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments |
UTAS Author: | Carver, SS (Dr Scott Carver) |
ID Code: | 80284 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 21 |
Deposited By: | Zoology |
Deposited On: | 2012-10-26 |
Last Modified: | 2012-11-12 |
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