Assessing the risk of human‐to‐wildlife pathogen transmission for conservation and public health

AC Fagre, LE Cohen, EA Eskew, M Farrell… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has led to increased concern over transmission of pathogens
from humans to animals, and its potential to threaten conservation and public health. To …

A review of pathogen transmission at the backyard chicken–wild bird interface

AJ Ayala, MJ Yabsley, SM Hernandez - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Habitat conversion and the expansion of domesticated, invasive species into native habitats
are increasingly recognized as drivers of pathogen emergence at the agricultural–wildlife …

Zoonotic spillover: Understanding basic aspects for better prevention

JH Ellwanger, JAB Chies - Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
The transmission of pathogens from wild animals to humans is called “zoonotic spillover”.
Most human infectious diseases (60-75%) are derived from pathogens that originally …

Predicting the zoonotic capacity of mammals to transmit SARS-CoV-2

IR Fischhoff, AA Castellanos… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Back and forth transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
2) between humans and animals will establish wild reservoirs of virus that endanger long …

Spillover, hybridization, and persistence in schistosome transmission dynamics at the human–animal interface

A Borlase, JW Rudge, E Léger… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Zoonotic spillover and hybridization of parasites are major emerging public and veterinary
health concerns at the interface of infectious disease biology, evolution, and control …

Synthesizing the connections between environmental disturbances and zoonotic spillover

JH Ellwanger, PM Fearnside, M Ziliotto… - Anais da Academia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Zoonotic spillover is a phenomenon characterized by the transfer of pathogens between
different animal species. Most human emerging infectious diseases originate from non …

Experimental cross species transmission of a major viral pathogen in bees is predominantly from honeybees to bumblebees

A Tehel, T Streicher, S Tragust… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Cross-species transmission of a pathogen from a reservoir to a recipient host species,
spillover, can have major impacts on biodiversity, domestic species and human health …

Animal harms and food production: Informing ethical choices

JO Hampton, TH Hyndman, BL Allen, B Fischer - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Consideration of animal welfare in food choices has become an influential
contemporary theme. Traditional animal welfare views about food have been largely …

Evidence for and against deformed wing virus spillover from honey bees to bumble bees: A reverse genetic analysis

ON Gusachenko, L Woodford, K Balbirnie-Cumming… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Deformed wing virus (DWV) is a persistent pathogen of European honey bees and the major
contributor to overwintering colony losses. The prevalence of DWV in honey bees has led to …