Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa
The demand for food and other ecosystem services have risen in the recent past in many parts of the world due to increasing human population. This has promoted agricultural intensification and increased extraction of natural resources particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa where people derive liveli...
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| author | Bett, Bernard K. Ngwili, Nicholas Nthiwa, Daniel Alonso, Silvia |
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| description | The demand for food and other ecosystem services have risen in the recent past in many parts of the world due to increasing human population. This has promoted agricultural intensification and increased extraction of natural resources particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa where people derive livelihoods from their local environments. These developments invariably influence transmission patterns (positively or negatively) for a wide range of infectious diseases. In this paper, three case studies from East and southern Africa are used to demonstrate linkages between land use change and risk of exposure to zoonotic diseases. They identify two common processes that influence disease risk including (i) modification of vector, pathogen and host niches, and (ii) changes in reservoir host population distribution. Potential ways of managing disease risks in each case are also discussed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace978312024-04-25T06:00:45Z Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa Bett, Bernard K. Ngwili, Nicholas Nthiwa, Daniel Alonso, Silvia animal diseases environment zoonoses The demand for food and other ecosystem services have risen in the recent past in many parts of the world due to increasing human population. This has promoted agricultural intensification and increased extraction of natural resources particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa where people derive livelihoods from their local environments. These developments invariably influence transmission patterns (positively or negatively) for a wide range of infectious diseases. In this paper, three case studies from East and southern Africa are used to demonstrate linkages between land use change and risk of exposure to zoonotic diseases. They identify two common processes that influence disease risk including (i) modification of vector, pathogen and host niches, and (ii) changes in reservoir host population distribution. Potential ways of managing disease risks in each case are also discussed. 2019 2018-10-29T08:21:16Z 2018-10-29T08:21:16Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97831 en Limited Access Elsevier Bett, B., Ngwili, N., Nthiwa, D. and Alonso, S. 2019. Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens – Evidence from selected case studies in Africa. In: Ferranti, P., Berry, E.M. and Anderson, J.R. (eds), Encyclopedia of Food Security and Sustainability 3: 463–468. |
| spellingShingle | animal diseases environment zoonoses Bett, Bernard K. Ngwili, Nicholas Nthiwa, Daniel Alonso, Silvia Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa |
| title | Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa |
| title_full | Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa |
| title_fullStr | Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa |
| title_short | Association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens–Evidence from selected case studies in Africa |
| title_sort | association between land use change and exposure to zoonotic pathogens evidence from selected case studies in africa |
| topic | animal diseases environment zoonoses |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97831 |
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