Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface

Hassell, James M, Begon, Michael ORCID: 0000-0003-1715-5327, Ward, Melissa J and Fevre, Eric M ORCID: 0000-0001-8931-4986 (2017) Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife-Livestock-Human Interface. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 32 (1). pp. 55-67.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.012

Abstract

Urbanization is characterized by rapid intensification of agriculture, socioeconomic change, and ecological fragmentation, which can have profound impacts on the epidemiology of infectious disease. Here, we review current scientific evidence for the drivers and epidemiology of emerging wildlife-borne zoonoses in urban landscapes, where anthropogenic pressures can create diverse wildlife-livestock-human interfaces. We argue that these interfaces represent a critical point for cross-species transmission and emergence of pathogens into new host populations, and thus understanding their form and function is necessary to identify suitable interventions to mitigate the risk of disease emergence. To achieve this, interfaces must be studied as complex, multihost communities whose structure and form are dictated by both ecological and anthropological factors.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Animals, Animals, Wild, Humans, Communicable Diseases, Zoonoses, Urbanization, Livestock
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2016 09:41
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:25
DOI:	10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.012
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3004449