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- Title
Emerging infectious diseases of wildlife--threats to biodiversity and human health.
- Authors
Daszak, P; Cunningham, A A; Hyatt, A D
- Abstract
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) of free-living wild animals can be classified into three major groups on the basis of key epizootiological criteria: (i) EIDs associated with "spill-over" from domestic animals to wildlife populations living in proximity; (ii) EIDs related directly to human intervention, via host or parasite translocations; and (iii) EIDs with no overt human or domestic animal involvement. These phenomena have two major biological implications: first, many wildlife species are reservoirs of pathogens that threaten domestic animal and human health; second, wildlife EIDs pose a substantial threat to the conservation of global biodiversity.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2000, Vol 287, Issue 5452, p443
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.287.5452.443