Urbanization and Disease Emergence: Dynamics at the Wildlife–Livestock–Human Interface

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 55-67

  Hassell, James M ^a,b   Begon, Michael ^a   Ward, Melissa J ^c   Fèvre, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disease emergence; interface; urbanization; wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAGMENTATION; HEALTH RISK; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; URBANIZATION; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; URBANIZATION; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85006043640     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.09.012     Document Type: Review

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