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1. Exotic Pinus radiata Plantations do not Increase Andes Hantavirus Prevalence in Rodents

Author:
André V. Rubio; Fernando Fredes; Javier A. Simonetti
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 659-670
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Andes orthohantavirus; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; Pinus radiata; adults; antibody detection; disease prevention; environmental health; etiological agents; farms; forest industries; forestry; forests; humans; landscapes; risk; rodents; seroprevalence; sex ratio; small mammals; viruses; Andes region; Argentina; Chile
Abstract:
... Andes south virus (ANDV) is the etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in Chile and southern Argentina. Farm and forestry workers have been identified as a group at high risk of acquiring HCPS caused by ANDV due to their close exposure to rodents or their secretions in rural areas. Therefore, investigation on the effect of landscape composition on ANDV in wild rodents become ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01443-1

2. Incorporating Health Outcomes into Land-Use Planning

Author:
Max McClure; Catherine Machalaba; Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio; Yasha Feferholtz; Katherine D. Lee; Peter Daszak; William B. Karesh; the Future Earth oneHEALTH Global Research Project
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 627-637
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
environmental health; human health; land use change; models
Abstract:
... The global trend toward increased agricultural production puts pressure on undeveloped areas, raising the question of how to optimally allocate land. Land-use change has recently been linked to a number of human health outcomes, but these are not routinely considered in land-use decision making. We review examples of planners’ currently used strategies to evaluate land use and present a conceptual ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01439-x

3. Insights into the Host Specificity of Mosquito-Borne Flaviviruses Infecting Wild Mammals

Author:
Jesús Sotomayor-Bonilla; María José Tolsá-García; Gabriel E. García-Peña; Diego Santiago-Alarcon; Hugo Mendoza; Paulina Alvarez-Mendizabal; Oscar Rico-Chávez; Rosa Elena Sarmiento-Silva; Gerardo Suzán
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 726-733
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Aedes; Culex; animal health; environmental health; genome; host specificity; humans; phylogeny; wildlife
Abstract:
... Mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBFVs) are of public and animal health concern because they cause millions of human deaths annually and impact domestic animals and wildlife globally. MBFVs are phylogenetically divided into two clades, one is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes (Ae-MBFVs) associated with mammals and the other by Culex mosquitoes (Cx-MBFVs) associated with birds. However, this assumption h ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01442-2

4. Laryngeal Demasculinization in Wild Cane Toads Varies with Land Use

Author:
Sara Zlotnik; Marcos Gridi-Papp; Ximena E. Bernal
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 682-693
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Rhinella marina; body size; environmental health; land use; larynx; males; muscles; reproductive success; sugarcane; wildlife; Florida
Abstract:
... Anthropogenic factors, including the spread of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, have been linked to alterations in the reproductive physiology, morphology, and behavior of wildlife. Few studies of endocrine disruption, however, focus on secondary sexual traits that affect mating signals, despite their importance for reproductive success. The larynx of many anurans (frogs and toads), for example, is ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01447-x

5. Mercury in Populations of River Dolphins of the Amazon and Orinoco Basins

Author:
F. Mosquera-Guerra; F. Trujillo; D. Parks; M. Oliveira-da-Costa; P. A. Van Damme; A. Echeverría; N. Franco; J. D. Carvajal-Castro; H. Mantilla-Meluk; M. Marmontel; D. Armenteras-Pascual
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 743-758
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Sotalia; adults; basins; deforestation; environmental health; fauna; females; forests; gold; heavy metals; indicator species; juveniles; males; mercury; methylmercury compounds; muscle tissues; rivers; traditional technology; Amazon River; Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia
Abstract:
... In the Amazon and Orinoco basins, mercury has been released from artisanal and industrial gold mining since the Colonial time, as well as a result of deforestation and burning of primary forest, that release natural deposits of methyl mercury, affecting the local aquatic vertebrate fauna. This study reports the presence of mercury in river dolphins’ genera Inia and Sotalia. Mercury concentrations ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01451-1

6. Occupational Animal Contact in Southern and Central Vietnam

Author:
Nguyen Thi Kha Tu; Ngo Tri Tue; Olli Vapalahti; Anna-Maija K. Virtala; Le Van Tan; Maia A. Rabaa; Juan Carrique-Mas; Guy E. Thwaites; Stephen Baker; the VIZIONS consortium
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 759-771
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
animal health; blood; burden of disease; demographic statistics; education; environmental health; laws and regulations; livestock; meat; medical history; rats; safety equipment; socioeconomic status; zoonoses; Vietnam
Abstract:
... Despite the global zoonotic disease burden, the underlying exposures that drive zoonotic disease emergence are not understood. Here, we aimed to assess exposures to potential sources of zoonotic disease and investigate the demographics, attitudes, and behavior of individuals with sustained occupational animal contact in Vietnam. We recruited 581 animal workers (animal-raising farmers, slaughterers ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01444-0
PubMed:
31720941
PubMed Central:
PMC6910886

7. Population-Level Resistance to Chytridiomycosis is Life-Stage Dependent in an Imperiled Anuran

Author:
Anthony W. Waddle; Joshua E. Levy; Rebeca Rivera; Frank van Breukelen; Maliha Nash; Jef R. Jaeger
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 701-711
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Rana; adaptive immunity; environmental health; frogs; immune response; juveniles; metamorphosis; pathogens; survival rate
Abstract:
... Amphibian declines caused by chytridiomycosis have been severe, but some susceptible populations have persisted or even recovered. Resistance to the causal agent Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) could result from alleles of the adaptive immune system. During metamorphosis, however, immune systems may not be fully functional, implying that an effective immune response to Bd may be life-stage dep ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01446-y

8. The Role of Ecological Linkage Mechanisms in Plasmodium knowlesi Transmission and Spread

Author:
Gael Davidson; Tock H. Chua; Angus Cook; Peter Speldewinde; Philip Weinstein
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 594-610
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Anopheles; Borneo; Plasmodium knowlesi; deforestation; environmental health; human health; land use; landscapes; malaria; parasites; risk
Abstract:
... Defining the linkages between landscape change, disease ecology and human health is essential to explain and predict the emergence of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria, a zoonotic parasite residing in Southeast Asian macaques, and transmitted by species of Anopheles mosquitos. Changing patterns of land use throughout Southeast Asia, particularly deforestation, are suggested to be the primary drivers beh ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01395-6

9. Zoonotic Pathogen Seroprevalence in Cattle in a Wildlife–Livestock Interface, Kenya

Author:
Daniel Nthiwa; Silvia Alonso; David Odongo; Eucharia Kenya; Bernard Bett
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 712-725
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus; Leptospira interrogans serovar Hardjo; brucellosis; cattle; cross-sectional studies; environmental health; females; land use; leptospirosis; pathogens; questionnaires; seroprevalence; Kenya
Abstract:
... A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and Leptospira spp. and risk factors of exposure in cattle in three zones with varying land use types and wildlife–livestock interactions. Five villages were selected purposively; two in areas with intensive livestock–wildlife interactions (zone 1), another two in areas with moderate livestock–wildlife interacti ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01453-z
PubMed:
31728795
PubMed Central:
PMC6910896

10. Detection of Leptospira spp. in Captive Broad-Snouted Caiman (Caiman latirostris)

Author:
Lucas Nogueira Paz; Camila Hamond; Carla Silva Dias; Vitor P. Curvelo; Marco Alberto Medeiros; Arianne Pontes Oriá; Melissa Hanzen Pinna
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 694-700
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Caiman latirostris; DNA; Leptospira interrogans; agglutination tests; bacteria; blood; environmental health; genes; leptospirosis; pathophysiology; serotypes
Abstract:
... Leptospira sp. is an important waterborne zoonotic bacterium, known to cause infection in animals and humans worldwide. The role of reptiles in the transmission of this microorganism is poorly understood and historically neglected. This study aimed to investigate the presence of anti-Leptospira spp. antibodies and leptospiral DNA in captive Caiman latirostris (broad-snouted caiman). Of the 23 rept ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01452-0

11. Distribution and Ecological Drivers of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia in Asia

Author:
Jaruwan Satjanadumrong; Matthew T. Robinson; Tom Hughes; Stuart D. Blacksell
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 611-626
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Rickettsia; environmental health; fever; human-wildlife relations; land use change; people; risk; Asia
Abstract:
... Spotted fever group and related rickettsia (SFGR) are a neglected group of pathogens that belong to the genus Rickettsia. SFGR are zoonotic and are transmitted by arthropod vectors, primarily ticks, fleas and mites to accidental hosts. These emerging and re-emerging infections are widely distributed throughout the world. Land-use change and increasing human–wildlife conflict compound the risk of S ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01409-3
PubMed:
30993545
PubMed Central:
PMC6910891

12. Evidence that Passerine Birds Act as Amplifying Hosts for Usutu Virus Circulation

Author:
David Roiz; Ana Vázquez; Santiago Ruiz; Antonio Tenorio; Ramón Soriguer; Jordi Figuerola
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 734-742
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Culex; Neottia; Passeriformes; Usutu virus; West Nile virus; biodiversity; emerging diseases; environmental health; females; landscapes; national parks; viruses; Spain
Abstract:
... Environment determines the distribution and prevalence of vector-borne pathogens due to its direct and indirect effects on the hosts, vectors, and pathogens. To investigate the relationship between Usutu virus occurrence and host biodiversity and to characterize the nidus of infection, we used field-based measures of host diversity and density (all birds and only passerines), vector abundance, lan ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01441-3

13. Land-Use Change Alters Host and Vector Communities and May Elevate Disease Risk

Author:
Fengyi Guo; Timothy C. Bonebrake; Luke Gibson
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 647-658
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
body size; community structure; disease transmission; environmental health; habitat destruction; habitats; land use change; meta-analysis; pathogens; risk; species diversity
Abstract:
... Land-use change has transformed most of the planet. Concurrently, recent outbreaks of various emerging infectious diseases have raised great attention to the health consequences of anthropogenic environmental degradation. Here, we assessed the global impacts of habitat conversion and other land-use changes on community structures of infectious disease hosts and vectors, using a meta-analysis of 37 ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-018-1336-3

14. Long-Tailed Macaque Response to Deforestation in a Plasmodium knowlesi-Endemic Area

Author:
Danica J. Stark; Kimberly M. Fornace; Patrick M. Brock; Tommy Rowel Abidin; Lauren Gilhooly; Cyrlen Jalius; Benoit Goossens; Chris J. Drakeley; Milena Salgado-Lynn
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 638-646
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Borneo; Plasmodium knowlesi; deforestation; disease transmission; environmental health; habitats; home range; humans; infectious diseases; land cover; land use change; malaria; people; satellites; wildlife diseases; Malaysia
Abstract:
... Land-use changes can impact infectious disease transmission by increasing spatial overlap between people and wildlife disease reservoirs. In Malaysian Borneo, increases in human infections by the zoonotic malaria Plasmodium knowlesi are hypothesised to be due to increasing contact between people and macaques due to deforestation. To explore how macaque responses to environmental change impact dise ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01403-9
PubMed:
30927165
PubMed Central:
PMC6910895

15. Mechanisms of Hantavirus Transmission in Oligoryzomys longicaudatus

Author:
Ernesto Juan; Silvana Levis; Noemí Pini; Jaime Polop; Andrea R. Steinmann; María Cecilia Provensal
Source:
EcoHealth 2019 v.16 no.4 pp. 671-681
ISSN:
1612-9202
Subject:
Andes orthohantavirus; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; aggression; antibodies; blood; environmental health; experimental design; habitats; males; population density; rodents; seroprevalence; shrublands; spring; virus transmission; Argentina; Chile
Abstract:
... The cricetid rodent Oligoryzomys longicaudatus is the species host of Andes virus (ANDV) which causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in southern Argentina and Chile. Population density, behavioral interactions, and spacing patterns are factors that affect viral transmission among wild rodents. We predict that the highest prevalence of hantavirus antibody positive would be found among wounded, repro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10393-019-01454-y