Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease?

doi:10.1890/13-1041.1

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Does biodiversity protect humans against infectious disease?

Ecology - 1 Apr 2014

Wood Chelsea L, Lafferty Kevin D, DeLeo Giulio, Young Hillary S, Hudson Peter J, Kuris Armand M

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Control of human infectious disease has been promoted as a valuable ecosystem service arising from the conservation of biodiversity. There are two commonly discussed mechanisms by which biodiversity loss could increase rates of infectious disease in a landscape. First, loss of competitors or predators could facilitate an increase in the abundance of competent reservoir hosts. Second, biodiversity loss could...

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Adaptation, Biological
Animals
Biodiversity
Communicable Diseases
Disease Vectors
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Zoonoses

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PMID: 24933803
DOI: 10.1890/13-1041.1

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