title: Zoonosis emergence linked to agricultural intensification and environmental change.
abstract: A systematic review was conducted by a multidisciplinary team to analyze qualitatively best available scientific evidence on the effect of agricultural intensification and environmental changes on the risk of zoonoses for which there are epidemiological interactions between wildlife and livestock. The study found several examples in which agricultural intensification and/or environmental change were associated with an increased risk of zoonotic disease emergence, driven by the impact of an expanding human population and changing human behavior on the environment. We conclude that the rate of future zoonotic disease emergence or reemergence will be closely linked to the evolution of the agriculture-environment nexus. However, available research inadequately addresses the complexity and interrelatedness of environmental, biological, economic, and social dimensions of zoonotic pathogen emergence, which significantly limits our ability to predict, prevent, and respond to zoonotic disease emergence.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, United Kingdom. bajones@rvc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Bryony A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Delia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grace
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rushton
authors.forename: Mohammed Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Said
authors.forename: Declan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKeever
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mutua
authors.forename: Jarrah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McDermott
authors.forename: Dirk Udo
authors.initials: DU
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D057231:Climate Change; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015047:Zoonoses
keywords: ecology; ecosystem; epidemiology; health