Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases

被引:1220
作者
Keesing, Felicia [1 ]
Belden, Lisa K. [2 ]
Daszak, Peter [3 ]
Dobson, Andrew [4 ]
Harvell, C. Drew [5 ]
Holt, Robert D. [6 ]
Hudson, Peter [7 ]
Jolles, Anna [8 ]
Jones, Kate E. [9 ]
Mitchell, Charles E. [10 ]
Myers, Samuel S. [11 ]
Bogich, Tiffany [3 ]
Ostfeld, Richard S. [12 ]
机构
[1] Bard Coll, Dept Biol, Annandale On Hudson, NY 12504 USA
[2] Virginia Tech, Dept Biol Sci, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA
[3] EcoHlth Alliance, New York, NY 10001 USA
[4] Princeton Univ, EEB, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[5] Cornell Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[6] Univ Florida, Dept Biol, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[7] Penn State Univ, Ctr Infect Dis Dynam, College Stn, TX USA
[8] Oregon State Univ, Coll Vet Med, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
[9] Zool Soc London, Inst Zool, London NW1 4RY, England
[10] Univ N Carolina, Dept Biol, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[11] Harvard Univ, Harvard Med Sch, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[12] Cary Inst Ecosyst Studies, Millbrook, NY 12545 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
WEST-NILE-VIRUS; SPECIES-DIVERSITY; ANTIBIOTIC-TREATMENT; BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS; COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; IMMUNE DEFENSE; HOST; PREVALENCE; POPULATION; PATHOGENS;
D O I
10.1038/nature09575
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Current unprecedented declines in biodiversity reduce the ability of ecological communities to provide many fundamental ecosystem services. Here we evaluate evidence that reduced biodiversity affects the transmission of infectious diseases of humans, other animals and plants. In principle, loss of biodiversity could either increase or decrease disease transmission. However, mounting evidence indicates that biodiversity loss frequently increases disease transmission. In contrast, areas of naturally high biodiversity may serve as a source pool for new pathogens. Overall, despite many remaining questions, current evidence indicates that preserving intact ecosystems and their endemic biodiversity should generally reduce the prevalence of infectious diseases.
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页码:647 / 652
页数:6
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