Terrific disease ecology study showing links between environmental change (e.g. #deforestation) and #hendravirus #spillover from #bats. #zoonoses #onehealth
Article by @EmilyAnthes
NYTimes: Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost https://nyti.ms/3tSGf1X
The IUCN and EcoHealth Alliance are hosting a webinar on zoonosis and wildlife health in the African context, focusing on zoonotic disease risk prevention actions using the #OneHealth approach in protected areas. The workshop will present i) One Health Guidance ii) Zoonosis and Protected Areas from a regional and global perspective, and iii) showcase solutions from the African region.
17 Nov, 12 SAST/CAT.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89232689832?pwd=OHZJSGdlMEorbjdta0EzNWdyeHlCdz09 #conservation #wildlife #health #epiverse
Tremendous work by this North-South team, including my colleague Anne Laudisoit and #EcoHealthNet-supported students, finding that river blindness in the Ituri Highlands of DR Congo is locally maintained by a previously unknown vector (S. dentulosum). Implies that cryptic vectors could carry the disease in other regions!
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0010684
@epsteinjon #InfectiousDisease #OneHealth #DisEcol #Epidemiology
Noam Ross