Ecological interventions to prevent and manage zoonotic pathogen spillover
Abstract
Spillover of a pathogen from a wildlife reservoir into a human or livestock host requires the pathogen to overcome a hierarchical series of barriers. Interventions aimed at one or more of these barriers may be able to prevent the occurrence of spillover. Here, we demonstrate how interventions that target the ecological context in which spillover occurs (i.e. ecological interventions) can complement conventional approaches like vaccination, treatment, disinfection and chemical control. Accelerating spillover owing to environmental change requires effective, affordable, durable and scalable solutions that fully harness the complex processes involved in cross-species pathogen spillover.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1098/rstb.2018.0342
Entities
People
- Alison J. Peel
- Daniel J. Becker
- Giulio A. De Leo
- Hamish McCallum
- Juliet Pulliam
- Kezia R. Manlove
- Kim M Pepin
- Nicole Nova
- Paul Cross
- Raina K. Plowright
- Susanne H. Sokolow
Organizations
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Griffith University
- Indiana University
- Montana State University
- National Science Foundation
- National Wildlife Research Center
- Stanford University
- Stellenbosch University
- United States Department of Defense
- University of California
- Utah State University