ReviewCurrent opinion in virology2017
Factors determining human-to-human transmissibility of zoonotic pathogens via contact.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The hidden risk of microplastic-associated pathogens in aquatic environments.Eco-Environment & Health · 2023Review
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- Trends in Population-Based Studies: Molecular and Digital Epidemiology (Review).Sovremennye tekhnologii v meditsine · 2022Review
- Neurological manifestations of coronavirus infections, before and after COVID-19: a review of animal studies.Journal of neurovirology · 2021Review
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- Genomic and Metagenomic Approaches for Predictive Surveillance of Emerging Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2019Review
- Widespread Treponema pallidum Infection in Nonhuman Primates, Tanzania.Emerging infectious diseases · 2018Article
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Abstract
The pandemic potential of zoonotic pathogens lies in their ability to become efficiently transmissible amongst humans. Here, we focus on contact-transmitted pathogens and discuss the factors, at the pathogen, host and environmental levels that promote or hinder their human-to-human transmissibility via the following modes of contact transmission: skin contact, sexual contact, respiratory contact and multiple route contact. Factors common to several modes of transmission were immune evasion, high viral load, low infectious dose, crowding, promiscuity, and co-infections; other factors were specific for a pathogen or mode of contact transmission. The identification of such factors will lead to a better understanding of the requirements for human-to-human spread of pathogens, as well as improving risk assessment of newly emerging pathogens.
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