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Ecosystem change and zoonoses in the Anthropocene.

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  • 1. UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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    • McMahon BJ 1
    (1 author)
  • 2. CNRS - CIRAD ASTRE, Faculty of Veterinary Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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    • Morand S 2
    (1 author)
  • 3. UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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    • Gray JS 3
    (1 author)

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Zoonoses and Public Health, 13 Aug 2018, 65(7):755-765
https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12489 PMID: 30105852 

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Changes in land use, animal populations and climate, primarily due to increasing human populations, drive the emergence of zoonoses. Force of infection (FOI), which for these diseases is a measure of the ease with which a pathogen reaches the human population, can change with specific zoonoses and context. Here, we outline three ecosystem categories-domestic, peridomestic and sylvatic, where disease ecology alters the FOI of specific zoonoses. Human intervention is an overriding effect in the emergence of zoonoses; therefore, we need to understand the disease ecology and other influencing factors of pathogens and parasites that are likely to interact differently within ecological and cultural contexts. Planning for One Health and community ecology, such as an ecological impact assessment, is required to prepare and manage the emergence and impact of zoonoses in the Anthropocene.

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