title: Sacred cows and sympathetic squirrels: the importance of biological diversity to human health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. dobber@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dobson
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Cattadori
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Richard S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Ostfeld
authors.forename: Felicia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Keesing
authors.forename: Kristle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krichbaum
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rohr
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds / Q000821:virology; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology; D002980:Climate; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D051379:Mice / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D011156:Population Density; D012307:Risk Factors; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D014481:United States; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D015047:Zoonoses