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It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen
By definition, zoonotic pathogens are not strict host-species specialists in that they infect humans and at least one nonhuman reservoir species. The majority of zoonotic pathogens infect and are amplified by multiple vertebrate species in nature, each of which has a quantitatively different impact...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22162687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/741406 |
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author | Brisson, Dustin Brinkley, Catherine Humphrey, Parris T. Kemps, Brian D. Ostfeld, Richard S. |
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description | By definition, zoonotic pathogens are not strict host-species specialists in that they infect humans and at least one nonhuman reservoir species. The majority of zoonotic pathogens infect and are amplified by multiple vertebrate species in nature, each of which has a quantitatively different impact on the distribution and abundance of the pathogen and thus on disease risk. Unfortunately, when new zoonotic pathogens emerge, the dominant response by public health scientists is to search for a few, or even the single, most important reservoirs and to ignore other species that might strongly influence transmission. This focus on the single “primary” reservoir host species can delay biological understanding, and potentially public health interventions as species important in either amplifying or regulating the pathogen are overlooked. Investigating the evolutionary and ecological strategy of newly discovered or emerging pathogens within the community of potential and actual host species will be fruitful to both biological understanding and public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-32283462011-12-08 It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen Brisson, Dustin Brinkley, Catherine Humphrey, Parris T. Kemps, Brian D. Ostfeld, Richard S. Interdiscip Perspect Infect Dis Commentary By definition, zoonotic pathogens are not strict host-species specialists in that they infect humans and at least one nonhuman reservoir species. The majority of zoonotic pathogens infect and are amplified by multiple vertebrate species in nature, each of which has a quantitatively different impact on the distribution and abundance of the pathogen and thus on disease risk. Unfortunately, when new zoonotic pathogens emerge, the dominant response by public health scientists is to search for a few, or even the single, most important reservoirs and to ignore other species that might strongly influence transmission. This focus on the single “primary” reservoir host species can delay biological understanding, and potentially public health interventions as species important in either amplifying or regulating the pathogen are overlooked. Investigating the evolutionary and ecological strategy of newly discovered or emerging pathogens within the community of potential and actual host species will be fruitful to both biological understanding and public health. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-11-21 /pmc/articles/PMC3228346/ /pubmed/22162687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/741406 Text en Copyright © 2011 Dustin Brisson et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Brisson, Dustin Brinkley, Catherine Humphrey, Parris T. Kemps, Brian D. Ostfeld, Richard S. It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen |
title | It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen |
title_full | It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen |
title_fullStr | It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen |
title_full_unstemmed | It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen |
title_short | It Takes a Community to Raise the Prevalence of a Zoonotic Pathogen |
title_sort | it takes a community to raise the prevalence of a zoonotic pathogen |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228346/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22162687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/741406 |
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