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Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology
- Source :
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B : biological sciences, 2017, Vol.372(1719), pp.20160088 [Peer Reviewed Journal], Cable, J, Baber, I, Boag, B, Ellison, AR, Morgan, E, Murray, K, Pascoe, EL, Sait, SM, Wilson, AJ & Booth, M 2017, ' Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology ', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, vol. 372, 20160088 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0088
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- The Royal Society Publishing, 2017.
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Abstract
- Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy ecosystems are often parasite rich. Yet, their negative impacts can be extreme. Understanding how both anticipated and cryptic changes in a system might affect parasite transmission at an individual, local and global level is critical for sustainable control in humans and livestock. Here we highlight and synthesize evidence regarding potential effects of ‘system changes’ (both climatic and anthropogenic) on parasite transmission from wild host–parasite systems. Such information could inform more efficient and sustainable parasite control programmes in domestic animals or humans. Many examples from diverse terrestrial and aquatic natural systems show how abiotic and biotic factors affected by system changes can interact additively, multiplicatively or antagonistically to influence parasite transmission, including through altered habitat structure, biodiversity, host demographics and evolution. Despite this, few studies of managed systems explicitly consider these higher-order interactions, or the subsequent effects of parasite evolution, which can conceal or exaggerate measured impacts of control actions. We call for a more integrated approach to investigating transmission dynamics, which recognizes these complexities and makes use of new technologies for data capture and monitoring, and to support robust predictions of altered parasite dynamics in a rapidly changing world. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Opening the black box: re-examining the ecology and evolution of parasite transmission’.
- Subjects :
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Conservation of Natural Resources
Climate Change
infectious disease
sustainable control
Review Article
TRICHINELLA-SPIRALIS
Animal Diseases
Host-Parasite Interactions
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES
LIFE-HISTORY EVOLUTION
Animals
Humans
Parasites
INFECTIOUS-DISEASES
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Settore VET/06 - PARASSITOLOGIA E MALATTIE PARASSITARIE DEGLI ANIMALI
Biology
SDG 15 - Life on Land
Evolutionary Biology
Science & Technology
MALARIA TRANSMISSION
11 Medical And Health Sciences
Articles
06 Biological Sciences
RIFT-VALLEY FEVER
HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
Animals, Domestic
stressors
LEPEOPHTHEIRUS-SALMONIS KROYER
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
RECENT CLIMATE-CHANGE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09628436
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B : biological sciences, 2017, Vol.372(1719), pp.20160088 [Peer Reviewed Journal], Cable, J, Baber, I, Boag, B, Ellison, AR, Morgan, E, Murray, K, Pascoe, EL, Sait, SM, Wilson, AJ & Booth, M 2017, ' Global change, parasite transmission and disease control: lessons from ecology ', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, vol. 372, 20160088 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0088
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid.dedup....bfdb25f3f3bca95ca4305e03e45cd9f5
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0088