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Anthropogenic environmental change and the emergence of infectious diseases in wildlife.
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This review highlights an important series of wildlife EIDs: amphibian chytridiomycosis; diseases of marine invertebrates and vertebrates and two recently-emerged viral zoonoses, Nipah virus disease and West Nile virus disease, and comments on the need for greater medical and microbiological input into the study of wildlife diseases.About:
This article is published in Acta Tropica.The article was published on 2001-02-23. It has received 779 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Conservation medicine & Wildlife.read more
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Rapid quantitative detection of chytridiomycosis (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in amphibian samples using real-time Taqman PCR assay.
TL;DR: A real-time PCR Taqman assay that can accurately detect and quantify one zoospore in a diagnostic sample is developed that will assist the early detection of B. dendrobatidis in both captive and wild populations, thus facilitating treatment and protection of endangered populations, monitoring of pristine environments and preventing further global spread via amphibian trade.
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Unhealthy landscapes: Policy recommendations on land use change and infectious disease emergence
Jonathan A. Patz,Peter Daszak,Gary M. Tabor,A. Alonso Aguirre,M. C. Pearl,Jonathan H. Epstein,Nathan D. Wolfe,A. M. Kilpatrick,Johannes Foufopoulos,David H. Molyneux,David J. Bradley +10 more
TL;DR: The group established a systems model approach and priority lists of infectious diseases affected by ecologic degradation, and recommended creating Centers of Excellence in Ecology and Health Research and Training, based at regional universities and/or research institutes with close links to the surrounding communities.
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Infectious disease and amphibian population declines
TL;DR: It is suggested that, in common with many emerging infectious diseases of humans, domestic animals and other wildlife species, emergence of chytridiomycosis may be driven by anthropogenic introduction (pathogen pollution).
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Zoonosis emergence linked to agricultural intensification and environmental change
Bryony A. Jones,Delia Grace,Richard Kock,Silvia Alonso,Jonathan Rushton,Mohammed Yahya Said,Declan J. McKeever,Florence Mutua,J. Young,John J. McDermott,Dirk U. Pfeiffer +10 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that the rate of future zoonotic disease emergence or reemergence will be closely linked to the evolution of the agriculture–environment nexus, and available research inadequately addresses the complexity and interrelatedness of environmental, biological, economic, and social dimensions of zoonosis.
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The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
Robert Costanza,Rudolf de Groot,Stephen Farberk,Monica Grasso,Bruce Hannon,Karin E. Limburg,Shahid Naeem,José M. Paruelo,Robert Raskin,Paul Suttonkk,Marjan van den Belt +10 more
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Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems
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