SynthesisEcoHealth2014
Anthropogenic land use change and infectious diseases: a review of the evidence.
Synthesis in EcoHealth, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 197 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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197 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 504 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impacts of bat use of anthropogenic structures on bats and humans.Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2026Pooled it
- One health approach to chagas disease: a systematic review on the integration of human, animal, and environmental health.Frontiers in health services · 2026Pooled it
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- Worldwide impacts of landscape anthropization on mosquito abundance and diversity: A meta-analysis.Global change biology · 2022Pooled it
- Agricultural land-uses consistently exacerbate infectious disease risks in Southeast Asia.Nature communications · 2019Pooled it
- Soil-plant-animal properties and microbial reassembly distinguish cattle oral disease prevalence across converted Amazon pasture systems.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2026Article
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- Ecological drivers of St. Louis encephalitis virus activity in mosquito communities from Argentine agroecosystems.Medical and veterinary entomology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms underlying the impact of environmental factors (physical, ecological, social) on infectious diseases.One health outlook · 2026Review
- Leishmaniasis Incidence andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Shifting waters: how habitat alteration affects host-parasite dynamics in freshwater ecosystems.Parasitology research · 2026Review
- Species Extinction, Biodiversity, Human Health, and Inevitable Role of Lifestyle Medicine: A Narrative Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Disentangling Environmental and Within-Host Drivers of Parasite Dynamics in Natural Populations.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- A systematic review and meta-analysis ofOne health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Causal inference for targeted public health interventions: interactions among environmental, social, and economic determinants within the one health framework.Journal of water and health · 2026Review
- Modelling land use-induced foraging distributions of flying foxes and emerging spillover risks.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026Article
- Exposure to Feline Viruses in European Wildcats (Viruses · 2026Article
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- Bat-associated Trypanosoma diversity, geographic extension of known clades, and predominance of T. cruzi TcIV in a conserved tropical forest of southeastern Mexico.Parasitology research · 2026Article
- Symbiont Reintroduction Alters Tumor Progression and Life-History Traits in the Tumor-Bearing Freshwater CnidarianEcology and evolution · 2026Article
137 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Humans have altered ecosystems worldwide, and it is important to understand how this land use change impacts infectious disease transmission in humans and animals. We conducted a systematic review 305 scientific articles investigating how specific types of anthropogenic land use change influence infectious disease dynamics. We summarized findings, highlighted common themes, and drew attention to neglected areas of research. There was an increase in publications on this topic over the last 30 years spanning diseases of humans, livestock, and wildlife, including a large number of zoonotic pathogens. Most papers (66.9%) were observational, 30.8% were review or concept papers, and few studies (2.3%) were experimental in nature, with most studies focusing on vector-borne and/or multi-host pathogens. Common land use change types related to disease transmission were deforestation/forest fragmentation/habitat fragmentation, agricultural development/irrigation, and urbanization/suburbanization. In response to anthropogenic change, more than half of the studies (56.9%) documented increased pathogen transmission, 10.4% of studies observed decreased pathogen transmission, 30.4% had variable and complex pathogen responses, and 2.4% showed no detectable changes. Commonly reported mechanisms by which land use change altered infectious disease transmission included alteration of the vector, host, and pathogen niche, changes in host and vector community composition, changes in behavior or movement of vectors and/or hosts, altered spatial distribution of hosts and/or vectors, and socioeconomic factors, and environmental contamination. We discussed observed patterns in the literature and make suggestions for future research directions, emphasizing the importance of ecological and evolutionary theory to understand pathogen responses in changing landscapes.
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