ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2017
One Health, emerging infectious diseases and wildlife: two decades of progress?
Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 245 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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245 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 613 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Arab world: A systematic review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Pooled it
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- Wildlife health in the One Health era: lessons from a 200-year institutional case study.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026Article
- The Role of Wildlife and Climate Change in the Emergence of One Health-Related Viral Diseases in Australia.Viruses · 2026Review
- Artificial Intelligence-Powered One Health: A Predictive Framework for Managing Persistent Chemical Threats across Human, Animal, and Environmental Systems.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2026Review
- Climate change and antimicrobial resistance.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
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- Inconsistent Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, Europe.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Innovating for One Health: federal perspectives and key lessons on building integrative programs for wildlife in Canada.One health outlook · 2026Article
- 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
- Organisation of Wildlife Passive Disease Surveillance in Slovenia over 30 Years (1995-2025) and Insights into Certain Causes of Disease or Mortality.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Anuran amphibian Hemoparasites over the Last Century: Advances, Challenges, and Future Prospects: A Systematic Review.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Host Genus and Habitat Use Shape the Distribution ofEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Temporal dynamics of the fecal microbiome in wintering seagulls: a One Health perspective.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Causes of morbidity and mortality in free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Switzerland, 2000-2022.PloS one · 2026Article
- Evaluating Potential Deployment Strategies for Oral Delivery of Vaccines for Cervids.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2026Article
185 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Infectious diseases affect people, domestic animals and wildlife alike, with many pathogens being able to infect multiple species. Fifty years ago, following the wide-scale manufacture and use of antibiotics and vaccines, it seemed that the battle against infections was being won for the human population. Since then, however, and in addition to increasing antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens, there has been an increase in the emergence of, mostly viral, zoonotic diseases from wildlife, sometimes causing fatal outbreaks of epidemic proportions. Concurrently, infectious disease has been identified as an increasing threat to wildlife conservation. A synthesis published in 2000 showed common anthropogenic drivers of disease threats to biodiversity and human health, including encroachment and destruction of wildlife habitat and the human-assisted spread of pathogens. Almost two decades later, the situation has not changed and, despite improved knowledge of the underlying causes, little has been done at the policy level to address these threats. For the sake of public health and wellbeing, human-kind needs to work better to conserve nature and preserve the ecosystem services, including disease regulation, that biodiversity provides while also understanding and mitigating activities which lead to disease emergence. We consider that holistic, One Health approaches to the management and mitigation of the risks of emerging infectious diseases have the greatest chance of success.This article is part of the themed issue 'One Health for a changing world: zoonoses, ecosystems and human well-being'.
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