Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions
Amid climate and land use changes, it is important to identify and monitor hotspots of animal activity where disease transmission can occur. Using experimental and observational methods in an East African savannah, this study shows water sources increase the concentration of faecal-oral parasites in...
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| author | Georgia Titcomb John Naisikie Mantas Jenna Hulke Ivan Rodriguez Douglas Branch Hillary Young |
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| description | Amid climate and land use changes, it is important to identify and monitor hotspots of animal activity where disease transmission can occur. Using experimental and observational methods in an East African savannah, this study shows water sources increase the concentration of faecal-oral parasites in the environment and that this effect is amplified in drier areas and following periods of low rainfall. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fc6633f90284ece99b1a9e230cda3142022-12-21T22:54:10ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-12-0112111210.1038/s41467-021-27352-yWater sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditionsGeorgia Titcomb0John Naisikie Mantas1Jenna Hulke2Ivan Rodriguez3Douglas Branch4Hillary Young5Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of CaliforniaMpala Research CentreDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M UniversityDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of CaliforniaUniversity of the West of EnglandDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of CaliforniaAmid climate and land use changes, it is important to identify and monitor hotspots of animal activity where disease transmission can occur. Using experimental and observational methods in an East African savannah, this study shows water sources increase the concentration of faecal-oral parasites in the environment and that this effect is amplified in drier areas and following periods of low rainfall.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27352-y |
| spellingShingle | Georgia Titcomb John Naisikie Mantas Jenna Hulke Ivan Rodriguez Douglas Branch Hillary Young Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions Nature Communications |
| title | Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions |
| title_full | Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions |
| title_fullStr | Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions |
| title_short | Water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions |
| title_sort | water sources aggregate parasites with increasing effects in more arid conditions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27352-y |
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