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ReviewNature communications2024

Ecological countermeasures to prevent pathogen spillover and subsequent pandemics.

Raina K Plowright, Aliyu N Ahmed, Tim Coulson, Thomas W Crowther, Imran Ejotre, Christina L Faust, Winifred F Frick, Peter J Hudson, Tigga Kingston, P O Nameer and 15 more

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Review in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
54.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 20 institutions in 9 countries.

Raina K PlowrightDepartment of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA. rkp57@cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3338-6590
Aliyu N AhmedMedical Research Council Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6039-1101
Tim CoulsonDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3SZ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9371-9003
Thomas W CrowtherDepartment of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-8913
Imran EjotreDepartment of Biology, Muni University, P.O. Box 725, Arua, Uganda.
Christina L FaustSchool of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8824-7424
Winifred F FrickBat Conservation International, Austin, TX, 78746, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9469-1839
Peter J HudsonCentre for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 16801, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0468-3403
Tigga KingstonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409-3131, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3552-5352
P O NameerCollege of Climate Change and Environmental Science, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala, 680 656, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7110-6740
M Teague O'MaraBat Conservation International, Austin, TX, 78746, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6951-1648
Alison J PeelCentre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, 4111, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3538-3550
Hugh PossinghamSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7755-996X
Orly RazgourBiosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-0313
DeeAnn M ReederDepartment of Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, 17937, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8651-2012
Manuel Ruiz-AravenaDepartment of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8463-7858
Nancy B SimmonsDepartment of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY, 10024, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8807-7499
Prashanth N SrinivasInstitute of Public Health, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560070, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0968-0826
Gary M TaborCenter for Large Landscape Conservation, Bozeman, MT, 59771, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4711-1018
Iroro TanshiDepartment of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Ian G ThompsonAustralian Capital Territory, Canberra, 2605, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3445-8696
Abi T VanakCentre for Policy Design, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560064, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-4260
Neil M VoraConservation International, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-3108
Charley E WillisonDepartment of Public and Ecosystem Health, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7272-1080
Annika T H KeeleyCenter for Large Landscape Conservation, Bozeman, MT, 59771, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-6259
Center for Large Landscape Conservation · USCornell University · USGriffith University · AUACT GovernmentAmerican Museum of Natural History · USAshoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment · INBat Conservation International · USBucknell University · USConservation International · USETH Zurich · CHInstitute of Public Health Bengaluru · INKerala Agricultural University · INLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBMuni University · UGPennsylvania State University · USTexas Tech University · USThe University of Queensland · AUUniversity of California, Santa Cruz · USUniversity of Exeter · GBUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

Tolerance and resistance responses of African bats to viral antigens: Immunological tradeoffs in zoonotic reservoir hosts.R01AI151144 · NIAID · BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY · PI FIELD, KENNETH A, REEDER, DEEANN · 2021 to 2025
$3.0M
National Science Foundation (NSF) DEB-1716698National Science Foundation (NSF) EF-2133763National Science Foundation (NSF) EF-2231624NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI151144RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/V014730/1United States Department of Defense | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) D18AC00031U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) R01AI151144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substantial global attention is focused on how to reduce the risk of future pandemics. Reducing this risk requires investment in prevention, preparedness, and response. Although preparedness and response have received significant focus, prevention, especially the prevention of zoonotic spillover, remains largely absent from global conversations. This oversight is due in part to the lack of a clear definition of prevention and lack of guidance on how to achieve it. To address this gap, we elucidate the mechanisms linking environmental change and zoonotic spillover using spillover of viruses from bats as a case study. We identify ecological interventions that can disrupt these spillover mechanisms and propose policy frameworks for their implementation. Recognizing that pandemics originate in ecological systems, we advocate for integrating ecological approaches alongside biomedical approaches in a comprehensive and balanced pandemic prevention strategy.

Indexed as

PandemicsVirusesAnimalsEcosystemZoonoses

Identifiers

PMID38531842
PMCPMC10965931
OpenAlexW4393199986

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Registered trials

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