ArticleEcoHealth2020
Synergistic Effects of Grassland Fragmentation and Temperature on Bovine Rabies Emergence.
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- Assessment of sexual dimorphismbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Modeling of Human Rabies Cases in Brazil in Different Future Global Warming Scenarios.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Geographic Distribution of Common Vampire BatPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Importance of Accurate Host Species Identification in the Framework of Rabies Surveillance, Control and Elimination.Viruses · 2022Article
- Alphavirus Identification in Neotropical Bats.Viruses · 2022Article
- Evolution of Rabies in South America and Inter-Species Dynamics (2009-2018).Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2021Article
- Update on lyssaviruses and rabies: will past progress play as prologue in the near term towards future elimination?Faculty reviews · 2020Review
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Abstract
In 2007, common vampire bats were the source of the first outbreak of paralytic bovine rabies in Uruguay. The outbreak coincided in space and time with the fragmentation of native grasslands for monospecific forestry for wood and cellulose production. Using spatial analyses, we show that the increase in grassland fragmentation, together with the minimum temperature in the winter, accounts for the spatial pattern of outbreaks in the country. We propose that fragmentation may increase the connectivity of vampire bat colonies by promoting the sharing of feeding areas, while temperature modulates their home range plasticity. While a recent introduction of the virus from neighboring Brazil could have had an effect on outbreak occurrence, we show here that the distribution of rabies cases is unlikely to be explained by only an invasion process from Brazil. In accordance with previous modeling efforts, an increase in connectivity may promote spatial persistence of rabies virus within vampire bat populations. Our results suggest that land use planning might help to reduce grassland fragmentation and thus reduce risk of rabies transmission to livestock. This will be especially important in the context of climatic changes and increasing minimum temperatures in the winter.
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