Of Mink and Men? Surveilling Human Attitudes at the Zoonotic Human –Wildlife Boundary
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Source: EcoHealth - September 14, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Landscape Seroprevalence of Three Hemorrhagic Disease-Causing Viruses in a Wild Cervid
AbstractDisease plays a major role in shaping wildlife populations worldwide, and changes in landscape conditions can significantly influence risk of pathogen exposure, a threat to vulnerable wild species. Three viruses that cause hemorrhagic disease affect cervid populations in the USA (Odocoileus hemionus adenovirus, bluetongue virus, and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus), but little is known of their distribution and prevalence in wild populations. We explored the distribution and co-occurrence of seroprevalence of these three pathogens in southern mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus fuliginatus), a subspecies of conserva...
Source: EcoHealth - September 13, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Exploring Risk for Echinococcosis Spillover in Northern Minnesota Tribal Communities
This study demonstrates a need for further research into spillover potential of endemic zoonoticEchinococcus spp. in the Midwest USA. (Source: EcoHealth)
Source: EcoHealth - September 10, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Prevalence and Antibiotic Resistance of Campylobacter spp. in Urban and Rural Black-Headed Gulls Chroicocephalus ridibundus
AbstractWe investigate the role of black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), an omnivorous species that is among the most likely wild bird candidates for transmission of zoonotic agents, as a potential reservoir ofCampylobacter spp. Colonies with different anthropogenic pressures were studied to examine differences in exposure to sources ofCampylobacter between rural and urban birds. We recordedCampylobacter spp. in 4.87% of adult black-headed gulls and 2.22% of their chicks after analysing 1036 cloacal swabs collected over two breeding seasons in three colonies in northern Poland.Campylobacter jejuni was found most...
Source: EcoHealth - September 3, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Urban Aerobiomes are Influenced by Season, Vegetation, and Individual Site Characteristics
AbstractExposure to biodiverse environments such as forests can benefit human well-being, and evidence suggests exposure to high microbial diversity may improve mental and immune health. However, the factors that drive microbial community assembly are poorly understood, as is the relationship between exposure to these communities and human health. We characterized airborne bacterial communities in two disparate types of urban greenspace (forest and grass) in late-spring 2017 at sites previously sampled in late-summer 2015 in Eugene-Springfield, Oregon, using high-throughput metabarcode sequencing. While all sites shared a ...
Source: EcoHealth - September 1, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Ecosystem Restoration: A Public Health Intervention
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Source: EcoHealth - September 1, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Implications of Transformative Changes for Research on Emerging Zoonoses
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Source: EcoHealth - September 1, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Managing Wildlife Disease Under Climate Change
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Source: EcoHealth - August 31, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Available data do not suggest Rickettsia rickettsii has been found in Indonesia
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Source: EcoHealth - August 31, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Managing Wildlife Disease Under Climate Change
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Source: EcoHealth - August 31, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Available data do not suggest Rickettsia rickettsii has been found in Indonesia
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Source: EcoHealth - August 31, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Climatic Factors Influencing the Anthrax Outbreak of 2016 in Siberia, Russia
AbstractIn 2016, an outbreak of anthrax killing thousands of reindeer and affecting dozens of humans occurred on the Yamal peninsula, Northwest Siberia, after 70 years of epidemiological situation without outbreaks. The trigger of the outbreak has been ascribed to the activation of spores due to permafrost thaw that was accelerated during the summer heat wave. The focus of our study is on the dynamics of local environmental factors in connection with the observed anthrax revival. We show that permafrost was thawing rapidly for already 6 years before the outbreak. During 2011 –2016, relatively warm years were followed by ...
Source: EcoHealth - August 28, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
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Source: EcoHealth - August 28, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
Serological Detection of Flavivirus Infections in Saudi Baboons
AbstractTo evaluate the risk to public health from Flaviviruses in the southwest region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, we screened as sentinels, 50 commensal hamadryas baboons located at a peri-domestic site on the outskirts of Ta ’if City in February 2013. Of the baboons, 12% [95% CI 5, 24], 0% [95% CI 0, 7] and 10% [95% CI 3, 22] were seropositive in a pan-Flavivirus ELISA (anti-pan-WNV 1 –2, Usutu, Zika), Dengue virus 1–4 ELISA (anti-DENV 1–4) and WNV-1 PRNT, respectively, indicatingFlavirus exposures of the subjects with possible risk to public health in the area. (Source: EcoHealth)
Source: EcoHealth - August 27, 2021 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
