The disease ecology community has struggled to come to consensus on whether
biodiversity reduces or increases infectious disease risk, a question that directly affects …

Human activity is rapidly transforming most of Earth's natural systems. How this
transformation is impacting human health, whose health is at greatest risk, and the …

Land use change—for example, the conversion of natural habitats to agricultural or urban
ecosystems—is widely recognized to influence the risk and emergence of zoonotic disease …

Parasitic infections are ubiquitous in wildlife, livestock and human populations, and healthy
ecosystems are often parasite rich. Yet, their negative impacts can be extreme …

The extent to which humans facilitate zoonotic transmission of infectious diseases is unclear.
Human encroachment into wildlife habitats as a consequence of expanding urbanization …

Global losses of biodiversity have galvanised efforts to understand how changes to
communities affect ecological processes, including transmission of infectious pathogens …

Zoonotic pathogens are significant burdens on global public health. Because they are
transmitted to humans from non‐human animals, the transmission dynamics of zoonoses …

Control of human infectious disease has been promoted as a valuable ecosystem service
arising from the conservation of biodiversity. There are two commonly discussed …

The zoonotic malaria species Plasmodium knowlesi has become the main cause of human
malaria in Malaysian Borneo. Deforestation and associated environmental and population …

Diverse host communities commonly inhibit the spread of parasites at small scales.
However, the generality of this effect remains controversial. Here, we present the analysis of …